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Author	Gassendi, Pierre, 1592-1655.
Title	Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica : juxta hypotheses tam veterum quàm Copernici at Tychonis, dictata à Petro Gassendo / Cui accesserunt Galilei Galilei Nuntius sidereus, et Johannis Kepleri Dioptrice.
Publication Info.	Londini : Typis Jacobi Flesher, M DC L III [1653]

Location	Call No.	Status
Rare Books Medium	Z-M G2515 I5	IN LIBRARY

Description	[14], 199, [1], 173, [1] p., 4 plates : ill. ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Note	Institutio astronomica, which includes Oratio inauguralis à Petro Gassendo, has also special t.-p.
	Sidereus nuncius by Galileo, and Dioptrice by Kepler, each with special t.-p., are paged continuously.
Indexed In:	ESTC R230531
	Wing, G290A
Note	Caption title, p. 179 (first group): "Oratio inauguralis habita in Regio collagio [Paris] die novembris XXIII [1645]"
	"Sidereus nuncius, magna longegue admirabilia spectacula pandens ..." by Galileo Galilei has special t.p. and separate paging and registration.
	"...Dioptrice: seu Demonstratio eorum quae visui & visilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt" by Johann Kepler: p. [51]-173 (third group of paging) has special t.p.
Subject	Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
	Optics -- Early works to 1800.
Added Author	Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
	Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.
	Flesher, James, -1670, printer.
Added Title	Institutio astronomica.

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