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La cometa vedvta nel frvgnvolo : breue discorso del gran cacciatore di lago scvro al mondo de curiosi : per occasione della cometa apparsa vltimamente sul fine di nouembre e principio di decembre dell'anno 1680

1681 · In Bologna : Per il Manolessi ... · 2 pictures

A 1681 Italian pamphlet printed in Bologna by Manolessi, a short discourse on the comet seen at the end of November 1680, written for curious readers and general audiences of the period. Its pictures are a single woodcut-style diagram of a comet's streaking tail against scattered stars inside a ruled border, and a decorative woodcut initial beside a line of italic text, offering a designer simple celestial motifs and historic typographic ornament.

Comets

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