01977cam a2200457 a 4500 123142 20080515185216.0 871228s1602 gw abce 000 0alat d 75577478 87-B27175 RPB CSt CMalG QB85 .B8 1602 6736724 QB85 .B8 1602 Brahe, Tycho, 1546-1601. Astronomiae instauratae mechanica Tychonis Brahe Astronomiae instauratae mechanica. Noribergae : Apud Leuinvm Hulsivm, M.DCII. [1602] [108] p. (the last blank) : ill., maps, plans ; 33 cm. (fol.) First published at Wandsbek (Hamburg) in 1598. A description of instruments used at Uraniborg and Stjerneborg on the island of Ven, with an Appendix (H4r-F2r) in which the observatories are shown. Engraved port. of Brahe on t.p., copied from that by Jacob de Gheyn which appeared in Brahe's Epistolarum astronomicarum libri, first published in 1596. Cf. New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish, De Gheyn II, 239. Head- and tail-pieces, historiated and foliated initials. Signatures: )::(⁴ A-E⁶ F⁴ G-H⁶ I⁴. Binding: later vellum (reused). Remains of 2 pairs of skin ties at foredge. Page edges red. Astronomical instruments Early works to 1800. Engravings Germany 17th century. aat Woodcuts Germany 17th century. aat De Gheyn, Jacob, 1565-1629. 1 12/28/87 JJR MAI UO Martayan Lan 36 W. 9th St. New York, NY 10011 LGET04 7350.00 corr pr/7350.00,inv#nnmtynln880106,invd880106,inrd880223 MR 0 1 07/13/88 REC MAIN MAIN 12/28/87 ORD 9110 CMalG CJPA 87-B27175 b11246741 06-08-98 04-13-95 sc 20030804 c !dw