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Mercator, Nicolaus (1620-1687) Institutionum Astronomicarum Libri Duo. De Motu Astrorum Communi et Proprio.
Padua: Ex Typogr. Seminarii, Opera Augustini Candiani, 1685.
Rare second edition, large quarto, untrimmed throughout in contemporary cartonnage binding; some leaves unopened; illustrated with 7 large folding engravings on very large sheets; lacking the last two leaves of the table preceding the text, "Series Operis"; a very nicely preserved example; 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 in.
Ex libris Professor, Astronomer, Historian & Bibliophile Owen Gingerich.
