1675 Ephemerides Felsineæ Recentiores F. Mezzavacca ASTROLOGY ASTRONOMY ANTIQUE

Ephemerides Felsineæ Recentiores

(Recent Ephemerides of Bologna)

by Italian jurist, mathematician, and astronomer Flaminio Mezzavacca (Flaminius de Mezavachis, citizen and doctor of Bologna).

Bologna (Bononiae): Domenico Maria Ferroni, at the expense of Giovanni Francesco Dauici (Io. Francisci Dauici) ; 1675

Covers planetary ephemerides from the year 1675 to 1684 calculated for the meridian of Bologna
(longitude 34° 30').

Based on the mixed hypotheses of prominent astronomers including Lansberg, Kepler, Bullialdus, and Cassini, combined with direct celestial observations.

Includes an introduction to astronomy, trigonometry, and logarithms, along with celestial figures and directional tables.

Dedicated to Cardinal/Count Carolus Evangelista de Grassis (Charles Evangelist de Grassi).


Later full leather binding, spine with raised bands

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

 Size 6 3/4 by 9 1/3"

Text in Latin
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