Cometa Matutinus Vespertinus Der Anfangs In Den Fruestunden Der Sonnen Vorgehend Und Hernach In

by Johann Heinrich Voigt

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First edition

One fine folding engraved plate. 16 leaves. Small 4to, modern wrappers minor browning . Hamburg: G. Rebenlein, 1681 . First edition of this scarce observation of the famous comet of 1680-81. Apart from its brightness, this comet is notable as the first to be observed using a telescope by Gottfried Kirch in Coburg . Other well-known observers included Robert Hooke, Flamsteed, Newton, and John Evelyn. Voigt 1613-91 was a mathematician,

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