[Rarebooks] For Sale: Important 1843 star atlas

[Norman Kane]

We can offer:

ARGELANDER, FR[IEDRICH].  URANOMETRIA NOVA. STELLAE PER MEDIAM 
EUROPAM SOLIS OCULIS CONSPICUAE SECUNDUM VERAS
LUCIS MAGNITUDINES E COELO IPSO DESCRIPTAE.    A D. FR.
ARGELANDRO. [Title repeated in German.]   Berlin: Simon Schropp, 1843.
First edition of this atlas (text not present) which the Dictionary of
Scientific Biography describes in its lengthy biography of Argelander as
"One of his finest works."    Oblong folio, approx. 11 1/2 X 16 1/2 inches,
original light boards with cloth spine, original title label on front 
cover, lower
right corner of rear cover and all adjacent paper (about 2 X 1 
inches) worn, but
without loss.   As the title says,  the stars recorded are those which were
visable to the naked eye.  $750.00

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