Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 132

Price Realized: $ 256
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
METIUS, ADRIANUS. Primum mobile: astronomicè, sciographicè, geometricè et hydrographicè nova methodo explicatum. Part 1 (of 4). [24], 166 [i. e., 366], [2] pages, including engraved title. 4to, 197x152 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink, spine darkened, with small hole; some browning and dampstaining, mostly marginal worming through much of volume generally not impairing legibility, early owner's inscription in lower margin of title. Amsterdam: Joannes Janssonius, 1631

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first edition. The first part deals with planetary theory. DSB IX, 334; Houzeau & Lancaster 2822; Thorndike VII, 54-55.