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Philolai, siue Dissertationis de vero systemate mundi, libri IV.
Philolai, sive Dissertationis de vero systemate mvndi, libri IV
Portion of title: Dissertationis de vero systemate mundi, libri IV
Amsterdami, : Apud Guil. & Iohannem Blaeu, , MDCXXXIX. [1639]
[4], 159, [1] p. : ill. ; 4to.
Signatures: [dagger]² A-V⁴.
Ascribed to Boulliau. -- cf. Grässe.
Woodcut armillary sphere device with motto "Indefessus agendo" on title-page.
Initials and printed marginalia.
Text in Latin with quotations and examples in Greek with Latin translation.
Woodcut diagrams throughout.
Grässe, I, p. 571
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso.
Possibly from the library of John Harrison, Head Master of Eton, 1630-1642, according to the card catalogue record.
Contemporary mid brown sprinkled sheep; blind tooled double fillet border; gold tooled single fillet on board edges; modern rebacking in brown calf with blind tooled double fillet; red stained edges.
Astronomy Early works to 1800
Solar system Early works to 1800.
Blaeu, Joan, 1596 - 1673 printer.
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571 - 1638 printer.
Harrison, John, ? - d. 1642 former owner.
Netherlands Amsterdam.
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