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MANFREDI, EUSTACHIO. Novissimae ephemerides motuum coelestium e Cassinianis tabulis ad meridianum Bononiae supputate. 15 folding engraved solar eclipse maps. [16], 383, [1]; [4], 415 pages. 2 volumes. 4to, 262x188 mm, contemporary vellum boards; free endpapers browned, contents otherwise generally clean; blue edges. Stamps of the Ducal Library at Gotha on verso of titles (duplicate). Bologna: Costantino Pisarri, 1725
first edition of Bolognese ephemerides for the years 1726-50. Manfredi had previously published tables for the years 1715-25 based on the work of Giovanni Domenico Cassini. 'Intended, unlike most of its predecessors, not for astrological use but for practical astronomy, the ephemerides were of unusual extent and practicality'—DSB IX, 77. BEA, pages 733-35; Houzeau & Lancaster 15461; Riccardi II, 83.
