This is a Portuguese maritime treatise on spherical and planetary astronomy, based on the Ptolomeic system, but with presentation of the Copernican system. There are numerous diagrams and a few interesting sketches.
Provenance
Purchased from Sotheby (Winifred Myers) for £200 and accessioned, 12/19/1980 (1980 2063ms).
General physical description
1 volume, ca. 900 p.
Genre(s)
- Charts.
- Sketches.
Subject(s)
- Astronomy -- Observations.
- Copernican system
- Nautical astronomy.
- Ptolomeic system
- Solar system - Early works to 1800
- Spherical astronomy.
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