Epitome of Copernican Astronomy & Harmonies of the World

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, 2005. Collectors Edition. Leather bound. Very Good. 245pp. Octavo [22 cm] Full red leather with raised bands elaborate gilt stamped designs on the spine and covers. All edges gilt. Orange moire endsheets. Minor scuffing along the bottom edge of the spine and boards. Keppler's most important astronomical works. "Epitome of Copernican Astronomy," in dialogue form, was a textbook of Copernican science, noteworthy for the prominence allotted to "physical astronomy" and for the extension to the Jovian system of the laws recently discovered to regulate planetary motion. "Harmonies of the World" expounded an intricate system of celestial harmonies depending on the various and varying velocities of the several planets. (Inventory #: 68417)