De maculis solarib. et stellis circa Iouem errantibus, accuratior disquisitio ad Marcum Velserum, Augustæ Vind. II. virum perscripta; interiectis obseruationum delineationibus

by Christoph Scheiner

$15,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Augsburg: ad insigne pinus, 1612. First edition, rare, of Scheiner’s second series of letters on sunspots and the satellites of Jupiter. This is one of the first books containing telescopic observations and illustrations, and is a fundamental text for the history of the telescope and Galilean studies. “ Scheiner 1573-1650 was appointed professor of Hebrew and mathematics at Ingolstadt in 1610. The following year

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