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First edition of the French translation of one of Halley's most important works View picture(s) 1 HALLEY, Edmond. Catalogue des estoilles australes. Ou supplement du Catalogue de Thycho, qui montre les longitudes & latitudes des estoilles fixes du Pole Abtartique, lesquelles ont esté cachées à Tycho dans l'orison d'Uranibourg, calculées avec un soin  tres-exact suivant leurs distances, & corrigées jusques à la fin de l'année 1677. Avec les observations faites en l'isle de Sainte Helene ... Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1679. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf over thick but hollow boards, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title label lettered in gold, gilt binding edges. (36), 118, (2 blank) pp. Collation: *-2*6, 3*4 (with 2 lvs (+2) between the second and third leaf), a-k6. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Africa  Astronomy  French  Poland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The history of the Great Northern War View picture(s) 2 LIMIERS, Henry Philippe de. Histoire de Suede sous le regne de Charles XII. Où l'on voit aussi les révolutions arrivées en differens tems dans ce Royaume. Toute la guerre du Nord. Amsterdam, Janssonius van Waesberge, 1721. 6 volumes. 12mo. Contemporary marbled calf, decorated gilt spine in compartments, marbled endpapers, red edges; uniformly bound. With an engraved frontipiece to vol. I, printed title-page in red and black to each vol., in total 2 folding maps (Scandinavia, Denmark and Sweden including the Baltics, Poland and part of Russia (1), a map showing Charles' campaings from 1700-1718 (2)) and 58 plates (21 folding (mainly views and battle scenes) and 37 full-page (mainly portraits)), all engraved. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  History  Poland  Russia  Sweden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Rare Breslau edition of a decree by the inquisition prohibiting Jansenist books View picture(s) 3 [PROHIBITED BOOKS]. Decretum feria tertia. die 7. december 1694. Rome, Ex Typographia Reverendae Camerae Apostolicae, 1694 [=Breslau, 1696]. Broadsheet (ca. 41 x31 cm). Sealed and signed in ink by Joannes Henricus Sweerts. Full description >> Related Subjects: 17th Century  Book History  Forbidden Books  Inquisition  Poland  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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