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Edmund Halley - Tabulae astronomicae. 1749.


332
Edmund Halley
Tabulae astronomicae. 1749.
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€ 5,000 / $ 5,350
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€ 4,800 / $ 5,136
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Halley, E., Tabulae astronomicae. Accedunt de usu tabularum praecepta. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Mit gest. Porträt. London, W. Innys 1749. Marmor. Ldr. d. Zt. mit floraler RVerg., rotem RSch. und marmor. Vorsätzen. 4to. 165 nn. Bll.
Houzeau/Lanc. 12796. - DSB V, 72. - Norman Coll. 494 (ohne das Widm.-Bl.). - Erste Ausgabe, posthum herausgegeben von John Bevis. "This posthumously published astronomical tables include Halley's calculations relating to the so-called 'long inequality' of Jupiter and Saturn, caused by the deacceleration of Saturn and the increasing acceleration of Jupiter. Halley correctly theorized that this phenomenon might be the result of a gravitational attraction between the two planets. The edition also contains the third Latin edition of the Synopsis astronomiae cometicae" (Norman). - Vereinz. schwach gebräunt. Sehr schönes Exemplar.
First edition, edited by John Bevis. 2 pts. in 1 vol. With engr. portrait. Contemp. marbled calf with floral gilt spine, red label and marbled endpapers. - Here and there minor browning. Fine and decorative copy.



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Edmund Halley
Tabulae astronomicae. 1749.
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