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CUNITZ, URANIA PROPITIA SIVE TABULAE ASTRONOMICAE MIRE FACILES, 1650
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description
- Urania propitia sive tabulae astronomicae mire faciles, vim hypothesium physicarum a Kepplero proditarum complexae; facillimo calculandi compendio, sine ulla Logarithmorum mentione, phaenomenis satisfacientes … Das ist: Newe und Langgewünschete leichte Astronomische Tabelln durch derer vermittelung auff eine sonders behende Arth aller Planeten Bewegung nach der länge breite und andern Zufällen auff alle vergangene gegenwertige und künfftige Zeits-Puncten fürgestellet wird … Quarum usum pro tempore praesente, exacto, & futuro … duplici idiomate, Latino & vernaculo succincte praescriptum cum Artis Cultoribus. Olesnica: Johann Seyffert, 1650
FIRST EDITION, 2 parts in one volume, folio (314 x 192mm.), half-title, main title printed in red and black, 3 letterpress tables, folding or double-page, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, some paper toning
Provenance
Kirchenbibliothek zu St. Maria Magdalena, Breslau, circular blue ink stamp on verso of title-page: “Ex Bibl. ad Aed. Mar. Magdal.”; Hans Ludendorff (1873-1941), astronomer and astrophysicist, bookplate; bought from Jonathan Hill, New York, 1988, Catalogue 39, item 52, $7,000
Literature
Tomash & Williams C209; Caspar 91; USTC 2116969; VD17 39:125019N
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A REMARKABLE AND VERY RARE WORK BY MARIA CUNITZ, AN EARLY FEMALE SCIENTIST, ON THE RUDOLPHINE TABLES. Her husband, Elias von Leuwen (d. 1661), a physician, wrote the preface to this work, in which he was at pains to stress that the work was indeed by his wife rather than him. Her tables are accompanied by a description of their use in both Latin and German. Maria Cunitz and her husband corresponded with Hevelius, Ismael Boulliau, the French astronomer, and Pierre Desnoyers, among others. All her letters to and from these people were destroyed in a fire on 25 May 1656, in which her home, library and equipment, as well as some 200 astronomical observations were also lost.