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[Globes] Institution astronomique de l'usage des globes et sphères célestes et terrestres,

comprise en deux parties, L'une, suivant l'hypothèse de Ptolemée, qui veut que la terrre soit immobile; L'autre, selon l'intention de N. Copernicus, qui tient que la terre est mobile: Par Guillaume Blaeu. Amsterdam, Jean Blaeu, 1669, (18),277 p., with many woodcut illustrations, modern vellum, small 4to.

Bookblock waterstained; with old owner's name on the (stained) title page: "Bibliotheca Scti Nicolai 1696". The second edition of this rare and important treatise on the use of globes, previously published in 1642.

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