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KEPLER, JOHANNES. Dioptrice. Woodcut text illustrations. [8], 28, 80, [4] pages. Small 4to, contemporary limp vellum, lacks ties, hinges partly
KEPLER, JOHANNES. Dioptrice. Woodcut text illustrations. [8], 28, 80, [4] pages. Small 4to, contemporary limp vellum, lacks ties, hinges partly cracked; moderate foxing, early owner's stamp on title, light dampstain on last several leaves; institutional bookplate (with release stamp). Augsburg: typis Davidis Franci, 1611
- Notes: first edition. "In this important work Kepler explains the theory of refraction by lenses, develops his system of geometrical and instrumental optics and expounds the principle of the so-called astronomical or inverting telescope. He was virtually the founder of the modern science of dioptrics"--Honeyman sale 1788. Caspar 40; DSB VII, 299; Zinner 4320.
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