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Institutio Astronomica de usu Globorum et Sphaerarum Caelestium ac Terrestrium
William Blaeu
Type of object:
Book & Prints
Time period:
Denemarken & Belgie
Place:
Amsterdam Netherlands
Date:
1634
Maker / Author:
Guilielmi ( Willem) Blaeu
Publisher / Printer:
Blaeu
Dimensions:
19 x 12 x 2.5 cm
Material:
original Vellum cover
Graduation:
246p
Inscription:
None
Provenance:
Van de Wiele Auctions with Stamp of Library
References:
Ref. Bierens de Haan 335; Houzeau & Lancaster 9714.

Description
Rare first Latin edition (the Dutch original was first published in the same year). It can be translated into English as "A tutor to astronomy and geography, or, An easie and speedy way to understand both the globes", and gave accounts of the opposing Ptolemaic and Copernican systems of the planets, as Blaeu thought the Ptolemaic system was still a useful introduction to the topic.
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