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Kurtze Beschreibung des dunckelen Cometen so Anno 1652. de 8. Decembr. erschienen darauff gemeiniglich sonderliche Enderungen und Verwirrungen zu erfolgen pflegen / beschrieben durch Bartholomaeum Schimpfferum, zu Halla in Sachsen der Medicinischen und Mathematischen Künste Liebhaber
Kurtze Beschreibung des dunckelen Cometen so Anno 1652. de 8. Decembr. erschienen darauff gemeiniglich sonderliche Enderungen und Verwirrungen zu erfolgen pflegen / beschrieben durch Bartholomaeum Schimpfferum, zu Halla in Sachsen der Medicinischen und Mathematischen Künste Liebhaber
Creator
Schimpffer, Bartholomaeus
Date
1652
Publication Place
Halle an der Saale (Germany)
Description
No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
Head- and tail-piece; initials.
Signatures: A-C⁴ D².
Title vignette is an astrological chart bearing the inscription: "Anno 1952 [sic]. Den 9. Decembr. abend um 5. uhr ist der Him[m]el also beschaffen gewesen da sich der neue Comet stern hat seben lassen unter den 51 un[d] 52 gr. Himmels höhe."
Folded plate is a woodcut depicting the path of the comet from December 10-18.
Text appears to be in the same setting as VD 17 23:289135Q; title page is variant.
An unrecorded variant not listed in VD 17.
"bey Aussgang des 1652. Jahrs.
Extent
[14] leaves, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (woodcut)
Dimensions
20 cm (4to)
Language
German
Topical Subject
Comets
Geographic Subject
Halle an der Saale (Germany)
Germany
Genre Subject
Early works to 1800
Collection Title
Digital Rare Book Collection
Sub-Collection
Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Kurtze Beschreibung des dunckelen Cometen so Anno 1652. de 8. Decembr. erschienen darauff gemeiniglich sonderliche Enderungen und Verwirrungen zu erfolgen pflegen / beschrieben durch Bartholomaeum Schimpfferum, zu Halla in Sachsen der Medicinischen und Mathematischen Künste Liebhaber
Creator
Schimpffer, Bartholomaeus
Date
1652
Publication Place
Halle an der Saale (Germany)
Description
No other recorded copy of this work identified at time of cataloging.
Head- and tail-piece; initials.
Signatures: A-C⁴ D².
Title vignette is an astrological chart bearing the inscription: "Anno 1952 [sic]. Den 9. Decembr. abend um 5. uhr ist der Him[m]el also beschaffen gewesen da sich der neue Comet stern hat seben lassen unter den 51 un[d] 52 gr. Himmels höhe."
Folded plate is a woodcut depicting the path of the comet from December 10-18.
Text appears to be in the same setting as VD 17 23:289135Q; title page is variant.
An unrecorded variant not listed in VD 17.
"bey Aussgang des 1652. Jahrs.
Extent
[14] leaves, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. (woodcut)
Dimensions
20 cm (4to)
Language
German
Topical Subject
Comets
Geographic Subject
Halle an der Saale (Germany)
Germany
Genre Subject
Early works to 1800
Collection Title
Digital Rare Book Collection
Sub-Collection
Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library)
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
