[Rarebooks] FS: Astronomical work by Beyer. Paris: 1552

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(ASTRONOMY) Beyer, Hartmann. QUAESTIONES NOVAE IN LIBELLUM DE SPHAERA 
JOANNIS DE SACRO BOSCO, in Gratia Studiosae Juventutis... Nunc Denuo Recognitae, 
Figuris Mathematicis ac Tabulis Illustratae... Paris: Gulielmum Cavellat. 
1552. 8vo. ff.74. With 2 folding tables at back. Woodcut device on title-page, 
full-page illustration of a sphere on the verso of the title, text with 
several illustrations and diagrams. Bound in later full vellum.     $1,500.00 
(trade discount allowed)
The second edition (the first is 1549) of this important study. Apparently, 
all of the Cavellat editions should have the 2 folding tables, but they are 
often lacking. Adams B1992 (with only 1 folding table).

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