[COMET]. VORTFISCHER. LE COURRIER DE TRAVERSE OU LE TRI-COME - Lot 46

[COMET]. VORTFISCHER. LE COURRIER DE TRAVERSE OU LE TRI-COMETE observed at Oxfort [sic] in England from the 22nd of November to the 28th of January one thousand six hundred and sixty-five. Translated from the English of. Paris, Boüillerot, 1665. Small in-4 marbled paper boards, smooth spine, garnet-red chagrin title-piece (Modern binding); 8 pp. including title. Small loss to title-piece. FIRST FRENCH EDITION, translated from English by M. Vortfischer, of this VERY RARE PUBLICATION. Bookplate "P. Véron" - GEMMA (D. Cornelius). DE PRODIGIOSA SPECIE, NATURAQ. COMETAE, qui nobis effulsit altior Lunae sedibus, insolita prorsus figura, ac magnitudine, anno 1577. plus septimanis 10. Apodeixis tum Physica tum Mathematica.Antverp, Chr. Plantin, 1578. In-12 Bradel, modern paperback binding, boards covered with marbled paper, marbled edges; 66 pages including title, 1 h.-t. plate, (5) ff. A short-margined copy with loss of letters on the headlines, small paper loss at the head of the title page with damage to a letter. VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION of this work on the great comet of 1577. One woodcut in the text (p. 26) and ONE woodcut plate depicting a comet. LACKING 2 folding woodcut plates. Ex-libris "P. Véron" - EULER (J. A.). MEDITATIONES DE PERTUBATIONE MOTUS COMETARUM ab attractione Planetarum orta. Dissertatio ab Academia Scientarum Petropolitana praemio affecta d. XXIII. Septembris 1762.Petropoli, Typis Academiae Scientiarum, 1762. In-4 paperback, contemporary marbled paper cover; 46 pages including title, 1 folding plate. Small tears and cracks on spine. Inked 19th century "Bureau des longitudes" stamp in margin of title. ORIGINAL EDITION of this VERY RARE PUBLICATION by the astronomer and mathematician Johann Albrecht EULER (1734-1800), published by the "Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg" - ZANOTTI (E.) - MATEUCCI (P.) OSSERVAZIONI SOPRA LA COMETA DELL' ANNO MDCCXXXXII fatte nella specula dell' istituto delle scienze di Bologna Ne' mesi di Marzo, e Aprile.Bologna, Volpe, [1742]. In-4 paper cover, brown cloth spine (20th century binding); 24 pages, 1 folding plate. ORIGINAL EDITION of this VERY RARE PUBLICATION published by the "Institute of Sciences of Bologna" on the comet observed in 1742. Copper-engraved fold-out PLANCHE. Ex-libris "P. Véron" - LÖSCHER (M. G.) - ZÖMIUS (G.) - HAUPTMANN (P.) Dissertatio I [& II]. COMETIS VETERUM PARITER AC RECENTIORUM ERUDITORUM SENTENTIAS AC OPINIONES EXHIBENS.Vittembergae, P. Schroeder, 1719. Two bound parts; (6) and (8) ff. Small paper loss in upper left corner of 1st leaf. ORIGINAL EDITION of these 2 RARE DISSERTATIONS published in Wittemberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Ex-libris "P. Véron". SET OF 5 BOOKS.