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243 - COMIERS (Claude). La Nature et présage des comètes. Ouvrage …
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COMIERS (Claude). La Nature et présage des comètes. Ouvrage mathématique, physique, chimique & historique ; enrichi des prophéties des derniers siècles, et de la fabrique des grandes lunettes. Lyon, Charles Mathevet, 1665. In-8, brown calf, spine decorated, spotted edges (contemporary binding). Very rare first edition of this work on comets, divided into seven treatises: I. De la nature des comètes, II. Problématique des présages des comètes, III. On the end of the world, IV. Catalogue of the books that have been printed concerning the Ante-Christ, and the end of the world, V. Prophecies of the twenty-eight Popes, who will govern the Church of God in Rome until the end of the world, VI. Prophecies of a King of France who will destroy the Empire of the Turks, VII. La façon de faire les grandes lunettes à longue veuë à trois et à quatre verres convexes. The edition is illustrated with 10 wood-engraved figures in the text, one of which is full-page. Ff. K1-8 (pp. 145-160) and Z1-5 (pp. cccliij-ccclxii) incomplete; large tear with loss of text on pp. 352 and ccclxiii. Head-cap damaged, corners worn. Lalande, 263 - HL, 5735.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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