- 314
KEPLER, TABULAE RUDOLPHINAE, ULM, 1627
估價
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
招標截止
描述
- Tabulae Rudolphinæ quibus astronomicæ scientiæ, temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur; a Phoenice illo astronomorum Tychone, ex illustri & generosa Braheorum in regno Daniae familia oriundo equite, primum animo concepta et destinata anno Christi MDLXIV: exinde observationibus siderum accuratissimis, post annum praecipue MDLXXII… Ulm: Jonas Saur, 1627
FIRST EDITION, folio (332 x 215mm.), additional engraved title, L3 a double-page letterpress table, manuscript table of logarithms bound in at end (“Tabula logarithmorum indicis”), contemporary half calf, title becoming loose, some slight worming, frontispiece remargined at foot, gathering 2 ):( remargined at foot, k3 remargined with sidenotes completed in facsimile, gathering q (“Sportula”) browned, binding rubbed
來源
Jonathan Hill, New York, Catalogue 50, item 84, $11,500; bought from Jonathan Hill, New York, in association with B. & L. Rootenberg Rare Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, 1989
出版
Tomash & Williams K27; Caspar 79; Dünnhaupt p.2298 no. 49.1; Henderson pp.34-35 no 10.0; Houzeau & Lancaster 12754; Norman 1208; Zinner 5063; cf. VD17 12:651552R (1627 edition without the Sportula, the map and the appendix)
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."
拍品資料及來源
“The foundation of all planetary calculations for over a century” (Sparrow, Milestones of Science). In 1601, shortly before his death, Tycho Brahe asked Kepler to finish his Rudolphine tables of planetary motion. Kepler's completed work, based both on his discovery of the laws of planetary motion and on his introduction to logarithms, produced far more accurate positions than those in previous tables.
The bibliography of this work is complex, as the loose sheets were bound at different times with different additions: this copy includes the four-leaf “Sportula genethliacis missa” issued in 1629; the world map and Bartsch’s appendix “Tabulae novae logarithmico-logisticae” (both posthumous) are absent.
The bibliography of this work is complex, as the loose sheets were bound at different times with different additions: this copy includes the four-leaf “Sportula genethliacis missa” issued in 1629; the world map and Bartsch’s appendix “Tabulae novae logarithmico-logisticae” (both posthumous) are absent.