14th May, 2024 12:00

Books & Works on Paper

 
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Bilberg (Johan), Refractio solis inoccidui, in septemtrionalibus oris...

Johan Bilberg,

Refractio solis inoccidui, in septemtrionalibus oris... circa Solstitium aestivum MDCXCV... Midnats solens rätta och synlige rum uti norrlanden, effter... hållne wid sommar solståndet år 1695 First Edition, [BL STC Scandinavian B586], parallel text in Latin and Swedish, woodcut vignette on recto of first title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, 5 double-sided woodcut plates, Joh. Hernodius; And. Larson; Claes [--] signatures on first recto, 19th century annotations to text, contemporary vellum-backed boards, a few manuscript annotations, binding soiled, 4to, Stockholm, N. Wankijf, 1695.

***Johannes Hernodius was an astronomer. His dissertation on the lunar cycle was printed in Uppsala in 1711.

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