Lot 3 Helisaeus Röslin. Theoria nova coelestium …

Theoria nova coelestium meteoron. In Qva Ex Plvrivm Cometarvm Phoenomenis Epilogisticos quaedam afferuntur, de novis tertiae cuiusdam Miraculorum Sphaerae Circulis, Polis & Axi. Mit Holzschnitt-Druckerzeichen und ausklappbare Holzschnitt-Sternkarte. (Strassburg:) excudebat Bernhard Jobin, 1578. 33 Bll. (Sign. A1-H5) Kl.-4°. Moderner Papierumschlag mit Schuber, Kanten rot gefärbt (rubriziert). (Im Schuber)

Astronomie

Alte Drucke, Bibeln, Klassische Autoren in den Originalsprachen – Brüning. Bibliographie Kometenliteratur 474 (ohne Tafel). - BN V7960. - Zinner 2849. - Hellman 93. - Fischer 463. - Rosenthal 3626 (ohne G4). - Hockey BEA II, 981. - Sehr seltenes vollständiges Werk über Kometen, die hier als Himmelskörper aufgefasst werden, in RBH ist nur ein einziger Auktionsnachweis verzeichnet. Die meisten Bibliotheksexemplare sind ohne die Tafel. Roeslin war einer von fünf Beobachtern, die zu dem Schluss kamen, dass der Große Komet von 1577 jenseits des Mondes lag. Seine Darstellung des Kometen, beschrieben als "ein interessantes, wenn auch rohes Unterfangen", gehörte zu den frühesten und war äußerst komplex. Roeslin gelang zudem selbständig zu der Einsicht, dass nicht die Erde, sondern die Sonne das Zentrum des Sonnensystems ist. Erstausgabe von Roeslins erster veröffentlichter Schrift, mit ausfaltbarer Sternkarte, der Astronom Helisaeus Roeslin (1545-1616) war einer der Ersten, die erkannten, dass Kometen Himmelskörper und keine atmosphärischen Erscheinungen sind, und er entwickelte zusammen mit Raimarus Ursus und Tycho Brahe ein geo-heliocentrisches Planetenmodell. Helisaeus Röslin (1545-1616) war ein elsässischer Theologe, Naturphilosoph und Astrologe, "Theoria nova coelestium meteoron" ist seine erste publizierte Schrift und markiert den Beginn einer kleinen Reihe kosmologisch-meteorologischer Traktate. - Gutes Exemplar.

Prints before 1600, Bibles, Classics in Original Languages – Astronomy. - With woodcut printer's mark and fold-out woodcut star chart. (Strasbourg:) printed by Bernhard Jobin, 1578. 33 leaves (call no. A1-H5) Small 4°. Modern paper cover with slipcase, edges dyed red (rubricated). (In slipcase). - A very rare complete work on comets, which are regarded here as celestial bodies, only a single auction record is listed in RBH. Most library copies are missing the plate. Roeslin was one of five observers who concluded that the Great Comet of 1577 lay beyond the Moon. His depiction of the comet, described as 'an interesting, if crude, endeavour', was among the earliest and was extremely complex. Roeslin also independently came to the realisation that it is not the Earth, but the Sun, that is the centre of the solar system. First edition of Roeslin's first published work, with a fold-out star chart, the astronomer Helisaeus Roeslin (1545-1616) was one of the first to recognise that comets are celestial bodies and not atmospheric phenomena, and together with Raimarus Ursus and Tycho Brahe, he developed a geo-heliocentric planetary model. Helisaeus Röslin (1545-1616) was an Alsatian theologian, natural philosopher and astrologer, 'Theoria nova coelestium meteoron' is his first published work and marks the beginning of a small series of cosmological and meteorological treatises. - A fine copy.

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