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Author

Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630

Title

Prodromus dissertationum cosmographicarum, continens mysterium cosmographicum de admirabili proportione orbium coelestium : deque causis coelorum numeri, magnitudinis, motuumque periodicorum genuinis & propiis, demonstratum per quinque regularia corpora geometrica. Libellus primum Tübingae in lucem datus anno Christi M. D. XCVI. / à M. Ioanne Keplero VVirtembergico, tunc temporis illustrium Styriae prouincialium mathematico. Nunc vero post annos 25. ab eodem authore recognitus, & notis notabilissimis partim emendatus, partim explicatus, partim confirmatus; deniq, omnibus suis membris collatus ad alia cognati argumenti opera, quae author ex illo tempore sub duorum Impp. Rudolphi & Matthiae auspiciis; etiamq́; in illustr. ord. Austriae Supr-Anisanae clientela diuersis locis editit. Potissimum ad illustrandas occasiones operis, Harmonice mundi, dicti, eiusque progressuum in materia & methodo ; addita est erudita Narratio M. Georgii Ioachimi Rhetici, de Libris reuolutionum, atque admirandis de numero, ordine, & distantiis sphaerarum mundi hypothesibus, excellentissimi mathematici, totiusque astronomiae restauratoris D. Nicolai Copernici. Item, eiusdem Ioannis Kepleri pro suo opere Harmonices mundi apologia aduersus demonstrationem analyticam Cl. V. D. Roberti de Fluctibus, medici Oxoniensis. Cum priuilegio Caesareo ad annos XV.

Varying form of title

Prodromus dissertationvm cosmographicarvm, continens mysterivm cosmographicvm de admirabili proportione orbium cœlestium

Varying form of title

Running title: Mysterium cosmographicum

Imprint

Francofvrti : Recusus typis Erasmi Kempferi, sumptibus Godefridi Tampachii, Anno MDCXXI [1621]

Physical description

[8], 163 [i.e. 159], [1], 50 p., 5 folded leaves of plates : ill., tables , diagrams, music ; 28 cm (folio)

Note

Signatures: ):(⁴ A-V⁴ a-e⁴ f⁶ (-f6). (G2 mis-signed G3)

Note

Includes De libris revolutionum ... Nicolai Copernici narratio prima by Georg Joachim Rhäticus on leaves M1r-V4v (pages 89-163 of the main sequence) ; and Mathematici pro suo opere harmonices mundi apologia by Johannes Kepler on leaves a1r-f5v (50 leaves at end).

Note

"De libris reuolutionum eruditissimi viri, et mathematici excellentiss. Reverendi D. Doctoris Nicolai Copernici Torunnaei Canonici Vuarmaciensis, Narratio prima ad clariss. virum D. Io. Schonerum, per M. Georgium Ioachimum Rheticum, una cum encomio Borussiae scripta": special title page, dated 1621, on leaf M1r.

Note

" Ioannis Kepleri Mathematici, pro suo opere Harmonices mundi apologia adversus demonstationem analyticam cl. v. d. Roberti de Fluctibus medici Oxoniensis. In qua ille se dicit respondere ad appendicem dicti operis.": special title page, with imprint "Francofurti sumptibus Godofridi Tampachii. Anno M. DC. XXII.", on leaf a1r.

Note

Head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials.

Note

Numbers 115-118 omitted in pagination, with no loss of text.

Note

'De dimensionibus orbium et sphaerarum coelestium iuxta Tabulas Prutenicas, ex sententia Nicolai Copernici. Appendix m. Michaelis Mestlini ...' (caption title): pages 149-163 of main sequence..

Citation/references note

CLC, K60

Provenance

Inscription at head of leaf A1r (page 1), and marginal notes throughout in the hand of Seth Ward.

Provenance

Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

Binding

19th-century tan half calf; boards covered with marbled paper; blind rolls along edges of the leather, where it meets the marbled paper; smooth spine with blind rolls and gilt fillets; spine titling in gilt; text block edges stained red; brown drab endleaves; plain endleaves have watermark: "E Jones 1821".

Copy-specific note

Imperfect: wanting title page, and all before leaf A1 (page 1); wanting plate III.

Subject

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.

Subject

Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637

Subject

Astronomy Early works to 1800.

Added entry--name

Kempfer, Erasmus printer.

Added entry--name

Tambach, Gottfried, active 1607-1632 publisher.

Added entry--name

Rhäticus, Georg Joachim, 1514-1576 De libris reuolutionum eruditissimi viri, et mathematici excellentiss. Reverendi D. Doctoris Nicolai Copernici Torunnaei Canonici Vuarmaciensis, Narratio prima.

Added entry--name

Maestlin, Michael, 1550-1631 De dimensionibus orbium et sphaerarum coelestium iuxta Tabulas Prutenicas, ex sententia Nicolai Copernici.

Added entry--name

Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630 Ioannis Kepleri Mathematici, pro suo opere Harmonices mundi apologia.

Added entry--name

Ward, Seth, 1617-1689 former owner.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

De libris revolutionum Nicolai Copernici Narratio prima.

Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title

Mathematici, pro suo opere Harmonices mundi apologia.

Added entry--place

Germany Frankfurt am Main.

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0410#$alat

1001#$aKepler, Johannes,$d1571-1630

24510$aProdromus dissertationum cosmographicarum, continens mysterium cosmographicum de admirabili proportione orbium coelestium :$bdeque causis coelorum numeri, magnitudinis, motuumque periodicorum genuinis & propiis, demonstratum per quinque regularia corpora geometrica. Libellus primum Tübingae in lucem datus anno Christi M. D. XCVI. / $cà M. Ioanne Keplero VVirtembergico, tunc temporis illustrium Styriae prouincialium mathematico. Nunc vero post annos 25. ab eodem authore recognitus, & notis notabilissimis partim emendatus, partim explicatus, partim confirmatus; deniq, omnibus suis membris collatus ad alia cognati argumenti opera, quae author ex illo tempore sub duorum Impp. Rudolphi & Matthiae auspiciis; etiamq́; in illustr. ord. Austriae Supr-Anisanae clientela diuersis locis editit. Potissimum ad illustrandas occasiones operis, Harmonice mundi, dicti, eiusque progressuum in materia & methodo ; addita est erudita Narratio M. Georgii Ioachimi Rhetici, de Libris reuolutionum, atque admirandis de numero, ordine, & distantiis sphaerarum mundi hypothesibus, excellentissimi mathematici, totiusque astronomiae restauratoris D. Nicolai Copernici. Item, eiusdem Ioannis Kepleri pro suo opere Harmonices mundi apologia aduersus demonstrationem analyticam Cl. V. D. Roberti de Fluctibus, medici Oxoniensis. Cum priuilegio Caesareo ad annos XV.

2463#$aProdromus dissertationvm cosmographicarvm, continens mysterivm cosmographicvm de admirabili proportione orbium cœlestium

24637$aMysterium cosmographicum

260##$aFrancofvrti :$bRecusus typis Erasmi Kempferi, sumptibus Godefridi Tampachii,$cAnno MDCXXI [1621]

300##$a[8], 163 [i.e. 159], [1], 50 p., 5 folded leaves of plates :$bill., tables , diagrams, music ;$c28 cm (folio)

500##$aSignatures: ):(4 A-V4 a-e4 f6 (-f6). (G2 mis-signed G3)

500##$aIncludes De libris revolutionum ... Nicolai Copernici narratio prima by Georg Joachim Rhäticus on leaves M1r-V4v (pages 89-163 of the main sequence) ; and Mathematici pro suo opere harmonices mundi apologia by Johannes Kepler on leaves a1r-f5v (50 leaves at end).

500##$a"De libris reuolutionum eruditissimi viri, et mathematici excellentiss. Reverendi D. Doctoris Nicolai Copernici Torunnaei Canonici Vuarmaciensis, Narratio prima ad clariss. virum D. Io. Schonerum, per M. Georgium Ioachimum Rheticum, una cum encomio Borussiae scripta": special title page, dated 1621, on leaf M1r.

500##$a" Ioannis Kepleri Mathematici, pro suo opere Harmonices mundi apologia adversus demonstationem analyticam cl. v. d. Roberti de Fluctibus medici Oxoniensis. In qua ille se dicit respondere ad appendicem dicti operis.": special title page, with imprint "Francofurti sumptibus Godofridi Tampachii. Anno M. DC. XXII.", on leaf a1r.

500##$aHead-pieces; tail-pieces; initials.

500##$aNumbers 115-118 omitted in pagination, with no loss of text.

500##$a'De dimensionibus orbium et sphaerarum coelestium iuxta Tabulas Prutenicas, ex sententia Nicolai Copernici. Appendix m. Michaelis Mestlini ...' (caption title): pages 149-163 of main sequence..

5104#$aCLC,$cK60

561##$aInscription at head of leaf A1r (page 1), and marginal notes throughout in the hand of Seth Ward.

561##$aSalisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”

563##$a19th-century tan half calf; boards covered with marbled paper; blind rolls along edges of the leather, where it meets the marbled paper; smooth spine with blind rolls and gilt fillets; spine titling in gilt; text block edges stained red; brown drab endleaves; plain endleaves have watermark: "E Jones 1821".

590##$aImperfect: wanting title page, and all before leaf A1 (page 1); wanting plate III.

60010$aCopernicus, Nicolaus,$d1473-1543$tDe revolutionibus orbium coelestium.

60010$aFludd, Robert,$d1574-1637

650#0$aAstronomy$vEarly works to 1800.

7001#$aKempfer, Erasmus,$eprinter.

7001#$aTambach, Gottfried,$dactive 1607-1632$epublisher.

70012$aRhäticus, Georg Joachim,$d1514-1576$tDe libris reuolutionum eruditissimi viri, et mathematici excellentiss. Reverendi D. Doctoris Nicolai Copernici Torunnaei Canonici Vuarmaciensis, Narratio prima.

70012$aMaestlin, Michael,$d1550-1631$tDe dimensionibus orbium et sphaerarum coelestium iuxta Tabulas Prutenicas, ex sententia Nicolai Copernici.

70012$aKepler, Johannes,$d1571-1630$tIoannis Kepleri Mathematici, pro suo opere Harmonices mundi apologia.

7001#$aWard, Seth,$d1617-1689$eformer owner.

74002$aDe libris revolutionum Nicolai Copernici Narratio prima.

74002$aMathematici, pro suo opere Harmonices mundi apologia.

752##$aGermany$dFrankfurt am Main.