Gassendi, Pierre; Kepler, Johannes; Galilei, Galileo. Petri Gassendi Institutio Astronomica, juxta Hypotheseis Tam Veterum quam Recentiorum. Cui accesserunt Galilei Galielei Nuncius Sidereus, et Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice. Londini [London]: Hen. Dickinson, 1683. Tertia Editio prioribus Correctior [Third Edition, corrected]. [11700]
Full leather, sometime rebacked in calf, binding itself is good but the text block is now separated and in several pieces, with missing leaves (details to follow). 18.6 x 11.5 cm (7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches). Title page in red & black. Contents are defective: [i-xiv], 5-6, 11-78, 81-114, 117-199, [1], with many text illustrations. Followed by Sidereus Nuncius, Magna Longeque…&c. By Galileo & Kepler’s Mathematici Dioptrice, no place, 1682. Galileo: [i-ii], 3-16, 19-50. Kepler: [51-52], 53-172 (of 173). A defective copy, lacking 4 unnumbered pages of plates; 4 pp. preliminaries and 8 pp. of text in the first part and 3 pp, of text in the second part.
poor. Hardcover.
The third edition of this early astronomical work with many text illustrations explaining the theories. There is only one copy of this 1683 London edition online, complete and in very good condition, at $4500. Unfortunately, our copy is defective, lacking 4 plates and 15 pages of text total, the whole in several pieces and separated from the binding. Priced accordingly.
