1634 EPHEMERIDES printed in Stettin POLAND ASTROLOGY ASTRONOMY ANTIQUE vellum

Pars Prima
Ephemeridum Novarum et Motuum Coelestium Quinquennalis, ad annos æræ Christianæ 1636. 1637. 1638. 1639. 1640

(First Part of the Five-Year Ephemeris of New Celestial Motions for the years 1636–1640).


by Laurentius Eichstadius 

 (Lorentz Eichstadt, 1596–1660), Doctor of Medicine and ordinary physician in Stettin (Veteri Sedino Pomeranorum).

Stettin (Stetini) : David Rehtius (Rhetius); 1634


Based on the Danish tables of Christian Longomontanus (for the luminaries and eclipses) and the Rudolphine Tables of Johannes Kepler alongside Tycho Brahe's observations (for the remaining planets).

Totle page with engraved printer's device featuring celestial and allegorical iconography with the Latin motto "Auxilium meum a Domino qui fecit cœlum et terram"
(My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth - Psalm 121:2)

With some engravings

Original vellum binding with manuscript title to the spine,  vellum soiled, toning , very good condition

Binding is firmly attached

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

 Size 7 by 9"

Text in Latin
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