Author
Scheiner, Christoph 1575-1650
Title
Sol elliptic: : hoc est nouum & perpetuum solis contrahi soliti phaenomenon, quodnouiter inuentum, / strenae loco, reuerendissimo atque serenissimo principi ac domino, Domino Maximiliano, Archiduci Austriae ... offert, dicat, donat, Christophorus Scheiner Societatis Iesu, in alma atque Catholica Ingolstadinsi Academia, sacra lingua atque matheseos professor ordinarius..
Imprint
Anno Domini M. DC. XV. Augustae Vindelicorum, : Typis Christophoni Mangij., [1615]
Physical description
[4], 34, [2] : illustrations (woodcuts), tables ; 20 cm (4to)
Note
Signatures: A-E4.
Note
Title page has woodcut picture of the sun.
Note
Woodcut head-piece; woodcut initials; printed marginal notes.
Citation/references note
CLC, S580
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century laced-case parchment; stiffened with paper boards; sewn on four tawed leather supports; fore-edge extensions; five narrow pieces of parchment manuscript waste used as spine linings; titles of volume contents written in ink on fore-edge; evidence of two pairs of ties at fore-edge; evidence of chain-plate on lower cover; later leather spine label with title (partially missing); date in ink at tail of spine: 1617.
Copy-specific note
Bound in a volume of mostly scientific works.
Subject
Science Early works to 1800.
Subject
Astronomy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Sun Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mang, Christoph, approximately 1567-1617 printer.
Added entry--place
Germany Augsburg.
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