Novae Coelestium Terrestriumq ue Rerum Observationes, et fortasse hactenus non vulgatae à Francisco Fontana, specillis a se inventis, et ad summam perfectionem perductis editae

by Francesco Fontana

$65,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

SOLE EDITION of one of the great illustrated books of early observational astronomy, written by the Neapolitan Francesco Fontana, “the most renowned Italian telescope maker” DSB of his time. Bound in contemporary parchment soiled and with very small defects , re-cased and with the front end-paper renewed. A fine copy with minor blemishes and some mild toning; there is a small patch covering a marginal hole, the patch intruding on an

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