First and only edition of this rare pamphlet on the great comet of November 1664. The comet was immensely bright and resulted in one of the first scientific debates on an international scale, as astronomers formed international networks to exchange their data on the comet's trajectory. In the present work, the astronomical, theological and astrological implications of the appearance of the comet are discussed at great length by Christoph Richter (1618-1680), a protestant minister in Gnandstein in Meisssen. The text is dated 27 December 1664. This year is concealed in a chronogram on the title ("Anno, quo Seraph CVM gLaDIo VIbrante tIbI astat").
The work is somewhat browned throughout. Otherwise a good copy of a rare pamphlet. Brüning, Bibl. D. Kometenlitt. (Stuttgart 2000), 1220; Serlin, p.160-80; USTC 2707512 (8 copies); VD 17 23:236700L (6 copies).