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An Ephemerides of the Coelestial Motions for XIII Years Beginning Anno 1659. Ending Anno 1671 . . . .
by Wing, Vincent (Vincentio Wingo)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Datil, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for the Company of STATIONERS, 1658. Hardcover, size 7.5"x5.5". Full calf with four raised bands. [xxii], 148, [viii] pages, plus the 13 ephemerides which vary from approximately 28 to 36 pages each, plus a final leaf of errata. The ephemerides themselves were previously printed separately - seven are dtd 1656, five are dtd 1657, and one for the year 1669 is dtd 1669 (clearly a misprint). Condition of the casing is Good- (minus): considerable wear, abbreviated title inked on spine label. Condition of the text is Good: occasional light soiling/foxing or marginal chip/closed tear; text rippled from aging. Previous owner's stamp on endpapers, title page, and three places in text; armorial bookplate of John Earl of Loudoun w/double-headed eagle & motto "I Bide My Time" on front pastedown..
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- Bookseller
- Florida Mountain Book Co.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008372
- Title
- An Ephemerides of the Coelestial Motions for XIII Years Beginning Anno 1659. Ending Anno 1671 . . . .
- Author
- Wing, Vincent (Vincentio Wingo)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for the Company of STATIONERS
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1658
- Keywords
- ASTRONOMY ASTROLOGY EPHEMERIS EPHEMERIDES ALMANACS REFERENCE COLLECTIBLES 17TH SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND ENGLISH LATIN
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About the Seller
Florida Mountain Book Co.
Biblio member since 2004
Datil, New Mexico
About Florida Mountain Book Co.
The Florida Mountains are located in southwestern New Mexico, near the U.S.-Mexico border. The Parsons family, proprietors of Florida Mountain Book Company, have been in the book business since 1996. Formerly the owners & operators of Readers' Cove Bookstore in Deming, New Mexico, beginning in May of 2012, we are now exclusively based on the internet.
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- Errata
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- Bookplate
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- Title Page
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