[Rarebooks] FS: Blaeu's illustrated primer on astronomy. Amsterdam: 1690

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(ASTRONOMY) Blaeu, William Janszoom. INSTITUTIO ASTRONOMICA DE USU GLOBORUM & SPHAERARUM CAELESTIUM AC TERRESTRIUM. Duabus Partibus Adornata... Latine Reddita a M. Hortensio... Amsterdam: Joannis Wolters. 1690. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. (16),243,(1)pp. Title printed in red & black. Text illustrated with 33 woodcuts. Cont. vellum, a bit soiled.    $1,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
A popular 17th century primer on astronomy, covering both Ptolomaic and Copernican astronomic knowledge. First printed in Dutch, the Latin translation by Hortensius first appeared in 1634.

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