Deusing, Anton | De vero systemate mundi dissertatio mathematica..., Amsterdam, 1643, first edition

Anton Deusing

De vero systemate mundi dissertatio mathematica; qua Copernici systema mundi reformatur. Amsterdam: Louis Elzevir, 1643

First edition—a very fine copy.

Deusing, most known for academic disputes with Sylvius de la Boë and his prowess in various languages, contrasts and compares the Ptolemaic and Copernican models.

4to (197 x140 mm). Title in red and black, woodcut initials, astronomical woodcut diagrams. Contemporary stiff vellum, manuscript title to spine; lightly soiled, few stains, old tape to spine.

REFERENCES

Poggendorff 1, 565; Willems 999; Honeyman 871

PROVENANCE

Robert S. Dunham (acquired from Davis & Orioli in July 1949; Sotheby's New York, 11 December 1993, lot 657, part)