First rare English edition of "Refractio Solaris"
Klubbat för:
12 000 SEK
Utropspris
7 000 SEK
Beskrivning
LAPPONICA. (BILBERG, JOHAN). A Voyage of the late King of Sweden, and another of Mathematicians, sent by Him, In which are discover´d the Refraction of the Sun, which sets not in the Northern Parts at the Time of the Summer Solstice, variation of the Needle, latitudes of Places, Seasons &c. of those Countries. London (printed for Edward Castle) 1698.
Small 8vo. (16), 1-105, (1 blank), (6, last blank, Catalogue of books from Edward Castle) pp. 6 full-page woodcuts. Worn contemporary brown mottled full calf, blindtooled frame, some cracks in upper joint, fadedt gilt spine in five compartments, damage at headredspeckled edges. Armorial bookplate of Henry Duke of Beaufort 1705.
Rare first English edition.
Bring 104.
First published in Swedish 1695 and Latin 1697. A second English edition was published in 1704.
A tour by the two Swedish professors Johan Bilberg and Anders Spole to Torneå in northern Sweden, to observe and describe the summer solistice and the latitude.
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Auktionsnummer:
545712
Datum:
2018-06-19