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Almagestum Novum, De Spæra mundi in communi, p. 1
(1651)Almagstum novum was one of the earliest published books on astronomy. Riccioli gave names to craters and mountains on the moon. Most of the names are still in use. A competent astronomer and Jesuit priest, Riccoli published his massive New Almagest, a work that treated the efforts of both Copernicus and Kepler but which sought to show that the earth ... -
Almagestum Novum, fig. 6, p. 204
(1651)Almagstum novum was one of the earliest published books on astronomy. Riccioli gave names to craters and mountains on the moon. Most of the names are still in use. A competent astronomer and Jesuit priest, Riccoli published his massive New Almagest, a work that treated the efforts of both Copernicus and Kepler but which sought to show that the earth ... -
Almagestum Novum, figs. 7-10, Liber quartus de Luna, p. 204
(1651)Almagstum novum was one of the earliest published books on astronomy. Riccioli gave names to craters and mountains on the moon. Most of the names are still in use. A competent astronomer and Jesuit priest, Riccoli published his massive New Almagest, a work that treated the efforts of both Copernicus and Kepler but which sought to show that the earth ... -
Almagestum Novum, frontispiece
(1651)Almagstum novum was one of the earliest published books on astronomy. Riccioli gave names to craters and mountains on the moon. Most of the names are still in use. A competent astronomer and Jesuit priest, Riccoli published his massive New Almagest, a work that treated the efforts of both Copernicus and Kepler but which sought to show that the earth ... -
Almagestum Novum, title page
(1651)Almagstum novum was one of the earliest published books on astronomy. Riccioli gave names to craters and mountains on the moon. Most of the names are still in use. A competent astronomer and Jesuit priest, Riccoli published his massive New Almagest, a work that treated the efforts of both Copernicus and Kepler but which sought to show that the earth ... -
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Cancer star chart
(1795)John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been called the basis of modern astronomy. -
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Hemispere star chart
(1795)John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been called the basis of modern astronomy. -
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Hercule star chart
(1795)John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been called the basis of modern astronomy. -
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Orion star chart
(1795)John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been called the basis of modern astronomy. -
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Sagittaire star chart
(1795)John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been called the basis of modern astronomy. -
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, title page
(1795)John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been called the basis of modern astronomy. -
De le Stelle Fisse Star Map
(1579)Piccolomini produced the first star atlas for the general reader. This early edition marks an important develop in the form in which celestial knowledge was conveyed. The work introduced the system of stellar nomenclature, which with the modification subsequently made by Bayer, remains in use today. Stars are identified by lower case letters for a ... -
De le Stelle Fisse, title page
(1579)Piccolomini produced the first star atlas for the general reader. This early edition marks an important develop in the form in which celestial knowledge was conveyed. The work introduced the system of stellar nomenclature, which with the modification subsequently made by Bayer, remains in use today. Stars are identified by lower case letters for a ... -
De mundi et sphaerae ac utriusque partium declaratione : cum planetis et variis signis historiatis.
(1517)The Poeticon Astronomicon is the first printed representation of the constellations, signs of the zodiac, and the planets. The authorship of the book is attributed to Hyginus, who may have been a Latin didactic poet living sometime before 207 A.D. The order of the constellations follow that of Ptolemy’s Almagest indicating that Hyginus may have written ... -
De mundi et sphaerae ac utriusque partium declaratione : cum planetis et variis signis historiatis; sphere bundi
(1517)The Poeticon Astronomicon is the first printed representation of the constellations, signs of the zodiac, and the planets. The authorship of the book is attributed to Hyginus, who may have been a Latin didactic poet living sometime before 207 A.D. The order of the constellations follow that of Ptolemy’s Almagest indicating that Hyginus may have written ... -
De natvr‘ divinis characterismis, divine
(1575)Widely read illustrated work on prodigies and other marvels of nature, including observations and illustrations of monsters, comets, and mineralogical specimens. -
De natvr‘ divinis characterismis, schema
(1575)Widely read illustrated work on prodigies and other marvels of nature, including observations and illustrations of monsters, comets, and mineralogical specimens. -
De natvr‘ divinis characterismis, title page
(1575)Widely read illustrated work on prodigies and other marvels of nature, including observations and illustrations of monsters, comets, and mineralogical specimens. -
De natvr‘ divinis characterismis, zodiac illustration
(1575)Widely read illustrated work on prodigies and other marvels of nature, including observations and illustrations of monsters, comets, and mineralogical specimens. -
De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, geometric images
(1566)Copernicus argued that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universe. The book was the most important astronomy treatise written since Ptolemy. De revolutionibuswas popular and recognized as a significant and classic work almost immediately. This volume is a second edition, published in Basel, Switzerland in 1566. The book was never trimmed ...
