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Leipzig & Nuremberg, 1730.Small oblong 4to [195 x 156 mm] of (1) l. of title, 212 pp. and 83 plates out of pagination.
The engraved frontispiece and/or an engraved folding table probably missing. Title leaf mounted with loss of paper and a little text in the upper half. First leaves creased, one tear taped. Some ll. with damage to the margins. Few marginalia in the margins, owner´s note on title, stamp on title and margin. Some browning, stains and waterstains. Appr. 35 tables in front with hw. explanations in the margins and the image, appr. 20 plates with additional drawings in the image in ink or pencil. Modern half-vellum, blue hard paper covers, title on the spine.
The very rare celestial atlas of Corbinianus Thomas which includes a treatise on astronomy and an explanation on the use of globes in astronomy.
Poggend. II, 1096 u. ; Honeyman 2975; Not in Houzeau/L.
Another version of this work was published simultaneously under the title Mercurii Philosophici firmamentum firmianum descriptionem… Read More