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Comets, Solar eclipses, Orbit, Planets, OrbitsPeople
Christopher ColumbusPlaces
Jupiter (Planet), Saturn (Planet)Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription.
A continuation of the author's: Gründlicher und warhaffter Bericht von dem Ursprung der Kometen, derselben Natur, Gestalt, Zeit, Farb, Grösse, und Lauff, first printed Augsburg, 1681.
Includes mentions of the sighting of a comet in California, Florida, Mexico, Nicaragua, and various places in South America and the West Indies in 1680. Also includes a mention of Christopher Columbus' use of the solar eclipse of 1493 to gain the cooperation of the Indians in Hispaniola.
Signatures: A-C⁴ (A1 verso blank) D²
Errata: following text on p. [28]
Woodcut vignette of stylized planetary bodies on title page; head and tail pieces.
JCB Lib. cat., 1675-1700, p. 92.
Alden, J.E. European Americana, 681/151.
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