Piccolomini, Alessandro La Sfera del mondo. Di nuovo da lui ripolita, accreciuta, & fino à Sei libri, di Quattro che erano, ampliata, & quasi per ogni parte rinovata, & riformata. - De le Stelle fisse…

Natural Sciences Astronomy Piccolomini, Alessandro La Sfera del mondo. Di nuovo da lui ripolita, accreciuta, & fino à Sei libri, di Quattro che erano, ampliata, & quasi per ogni parte rinovata, & riformata. - De le Stelle fisse Libro uno. 2 pp. in 1 vol. With woodcut printer's mark on both titles, 48 (recte 47) woodcut star plates and numerous tables and text woodcuts. Venice, Varesco's heirs, 1595. 6 vols. 252 pp. 32 (recte 30) numm. Pl., 48 p., pls. 25-93, 3 vols. 8°. Flexible pgt. d. With original title (clasps missing, upper capital with loss, somewhat creased and stained). First published in 1540. - EDIT16 CNCE 41170 and 41169. Houzeau-Lancaster I, 2491. This edition not in Adams or in BM STC. - "Exposition claire et méthodique des connaissances qu'on possédait alors sur la constitution de l'univers. In the traité des Etoiles fixes, l'auteur désigne pour la première fois les étoiles individuelles, dans chaque constellation, par des lettres de l'alphabet, mais il employait l'alphabet latin." (Houzeau-Lancaster) - "Alessandro Piccolomini, archbishop of Patras, was an early popularizer of science who wrote his astronomical treatises in the vernacular in order to extend scientific knowledge beyond the confines of church and university. His 'de la sfera del Mondo', first published in 1540, is an unremarkable exposition of the traditional Ptolemaic-Aristotelian geocentric cosmography, but its appendix, De le Stelle Fisse, represents the first printed star atlas, containing maps of the stars as opposed to simple pictures of constellations, and introducing the practice of identifying stars by letter, a method later adopted and expanded by Bayer." (The Haskell F. Norman Library of Science and Medicine, No. 1696) - Title and front endpapers with former hs. Ownership inscriptions. Slight waterstaining in lower margin. Paper slightly browned. Overall a good copy. Astronomy - 2 works in 1 vol. With woodcut printer's mark on both titles, 48 (recte 47) woodcut star plates and numerous tables and woodcuts in text. Flexible cont. vellum with handwr. spine title (closing bands missing, upper capital with missing part, somewhat creased and stained). - First published 1540. - Title and front endpapers with former autograph ownership inscriptions. Lower margin slightly waterstained. Paper delicately browned. Overall a good copy. * This work is taxed. The hammer price is subject to a 23.95% surcharge and the final invoice amount is subject to 7% (books only) or 19% VAT in the European Union. This work is subject to the regular margin scheme. There is a 23.95% buyer's premium on the hammer price and 7% (Books only) or 19% VAT on the final invoice amount in the European Union. In addition to the buyer's premium of 23.95% (regular taxation, all items with an asterisk) or 28.95% (differential taxation), the external platform fee (3-5%) is added in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions. On request, items subject to differential taxation can be invoiced with standard taxation. In addition to the auctioneers premium of 23.95% (standard taxation, all items with an asterisk) or 28.95% (differential taxation), the external platform fee (3-5%) is added in accordance with the General Terms and Conditions. On request, items subject to differential taxation can be invoiced with standard taxation.