Sale 2563 - Lot 211
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Sale 2563 - Lot 211
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 4,000
Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1655)
Institutio Astronomica iuxta Hypothese tam veterum quam Copernici and Tychonis.
The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1656.
Quarto, engraved author portrait bound opposite the first leaf of text, title printed in red and black, illustrated with numerous woodcut text diagrams, several taking up a full page, with several internal title pages marking different sections, contemporary manuscript inscription to title and final leaf; an exceptional uncut copy in contemporary paper boards, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
Houzeau & Lancaster 9222.
Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.
Institutio Astronomica iuxta Hypothese tam veterum quam Copernici and Tychonis.
The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1656.
Quarto, engraved author portrait bound opposite the first leaf of text, title printed in red and black, illustrated with numerous woodcut text diagrams, several taking up a full page, with several internal title pages marking different sections, contemporary manuscript inscription to title and final leaf; an exceptional uncut copy in contemporary paper boards, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
Houzeau & Lancaster 9222.
Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.