Lot 20
KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630) and Jacobus BARTSCH (ca 1600-1633). Tabulae manuales logarithmicae ad calculum Astronomicum... Strassburg: Johann Pastorius for Theodor Lerse, 1700.  
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 9, 2021 4:00AM CT
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Nov 10, 2021 4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

Sold for $938

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Lot Description
KEPLER, Johannes (1571-1630) and Jacobus BARTSCH (ca 1600-1633). Tabulae manuales logarithmicae ad calculum Astronomicum... Strassburg: Johann Pastorius for Theodor Lerse, 1700.  

8vo (158 x 94 mm). Letterpress tables throughout. (A few spots, some minor dampstaining to outer foremargin.) Contemporary vellum, edges stained red (hinges starting, some soiling). Provenance: Henryk Latuszkiewicz  (signature).

Second edition, the first obtainable edition, preceded by an edition of 1631 known in only one copy (which is defective). Following Kepler's death, his son-in-law, Bartsch, sought to publish a more affordable edition of the logarithms from Tabulae Rudolphinae. Publication was halted for financial reasons.  French mathematician Johann Caspar Eisenschmidt published the present edition in 1700 with a new introduction. Caspar 99.

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