Sammelband Of Three Exceptionally Rare Works I Lettera Astronomica Di Gio Domenico Cassini Al Sig

by Giovanni Domenico Cassini

$15,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Rome: Fabio Di Falc, 1665. Sammelband containing the first editions of three exceptionally rare works documenting Cassini’s very accurate observations of Jupiter’s spots, which enabled him to determine its rotation period, and including his discovery of the Great Red Spot – all made possible by his new collaboration with the lens makers Eustachio Divini and, most importantly, Giuseppe Campani. “Through his

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