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Fixlmillner, Placidus.
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Acta Astronomica Cremifanensia divisa in partes duas, quarum prior observationes ab anno MDCCLXXVI ad annum MDCCXCI... posterior vero exercitationes, seu enodationes variorum materiarum astronomicarum complectitur... Steier: Franz Josef Medter, 1791
first edition, 4to (236 x 180mm.), engraved frontispiece showing the observatory at Kremsmünster, engraved vignette on title, 6 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, covers with gilt arms of the Viennese Monastery Schottenkloster, old inkstamp on title, upper joint repaired
Literature
Lalande, p.617; Poggendorff I 756
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
a rare collection of astronomical observations and essays by Placido Fixlmillner (1721-1791), director of the observatory at Kremsmünster. Fixlmillner, a Benedictine priest, is known for the first detailed calculation of the orbit of Uranus. The work contains observations made between 1776 and 1791, essays on the parallax of the Sun, the 1769 transit of Venus, the occultation of Saturn in 1775, on aberration and nutation in planets, on stellar aberration, on the orbit of Uranus, and on sunspots. There is a comparison of observations made in Tahiti, Hudson Bay, and also the mission of St Joseph in California.