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SCHEINER, Christoph (1573-1650). Sol elliptic: hoc est novum & perpetuumsolis contra hi soliti phaenomenon, quodnoviter inventum strenae loco. Augsburg: Christoph Mang, 1615.
Small 4° (202 x 152mm). Solar emblem on title, eleven woodcut diagrams, four illustrating sunspots, errata at end. (A few light spots.) Modern boards. Provenance: Marcel Destombes (1905-1983, French researcher and author, bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, RARE. Scheiner discusses the elliptical form of the sun near the horizon, explaining its form as the effect of refraction. Cinti 53.
Small 4° (202 x 152mm). Solar emblem on title, eleven woodcut diagrams, four illustrating sunspots, errata at end. (A few light spots.) Modern boards. Provenance: Marcel Destombes (1905-1983, French researcher and author, bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, RARE. Scheiner discusses the elliptical form of the sun near the horizon, explaining its form as the effect of refraction. Cinti 53.
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