The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue

by GRASSHOFF, Gerd

$275 · Offered by Between the Covers

New York: Springer-VerlaG, (1990). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 347, [1]pp. Charts, diagrams, maps. Printed glossy yellow boards. Barely discernible sunning at the spine, still fine, issued without dustwrapper. Scholarly treatment of the history of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue derived from his "Almagest". From the introduction: "Ptolemy's Almagest shares with Euclid's Elements..... More

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.