1609 EPHEMERIDES ancient manuscript vellum binding ANTIQUE astrology ASTRONOMY

Ephemerides Brandenburgicae Coelestium Motuum et Temporum

(covering 1595 to 1624)

by  German mathematician and astronomer David Origanus
(David Tost, 1558–1628), who taught at the Viadrina University in Frankfurt an der Oder.


Frankfurt an der Oder (Francofurtis cis Viadrum): Joannes Eichorn; 1609

Ephemerides detailing day-by-day positions of the Sun, Moon, and planets, calculated using both Tychonic (Tycho Brahe) and Copernican systems.

Engraved title page flanked by historical astronomers/philosophers in the architectural border, notably labeled Ptolomeus (Ptolemy) on the left and Plinius (Pliny) on the right.

Original vellum binding using ancient manuscript , with ties, binding is firmly attached

Some damages to the spine, some toning, very good otherwise

Illustrated

With Ex libris Professor, Astronomer, Historian & Bibliophile Owen Gingerich.

Size 7 1/2 by 9 3/4"

Text in Latin
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