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Johannis Hevelii prodromus astronomiae, exhibens fundamenta, quae tam ad novum planè & correctiorem stellarum fixarum catalogum construendeum, quàm ad onmium planetarum tabulas corrigendas omnimodè spectant; nec non novas & correctiores tabulas solares, aliasque plurimas ad astronomiam pertinentes ... quibus additus est uterq[ue] catalogus stellarum fixarum, tam maior ad annum 1660, quam minor ad annum completum 1700. Acessit corollarii loco tabula motus lunae libratori, ad bina secula proxime ventura prolongata, brevi cum descriptione, eiusque usu

Hevelius, Johannes, Schmieden, Johann Ernst von · 1660 · typis Johannis-Zachariae Stollii · 36 pictures

A 1660 Latin astronomy treatise by Johannes Hevelius, printed in Danzig with Johann Ernst von Schmieden, for astronomers compiling star catalogues and planetary tables. Its pictures are engraved star charts that draw constellations as figures over dotted star fields, with labels and fine hatching, useful to designers for celestial diagrams and antique map linework.

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