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LANSBERGE, Philippe van (1561-1632) Uranometriae libri tres. In quibus, Lunae, Solis, & reliquorum Planetarum, & inerrantium Stellarum distantiae ŕ Terra, & magnitudines, hactenus ignoratae perspicuč demonstrantur. - Middelburg, Roman, 1631

4to. Recently rebound in early boards. With many woodcut diagrams in the text. (24), 134, (2) pp.; uniform browning throughout.

First edition. Lansberge, a staunch Copernican, deals in this work with the dimension and distances of planets and stars. Houzeau & Lancster 2981. Poggendorff I, 1373. DSB VIII, 27.

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