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DE GRAAF, Abraham

De starre-kust. Leerende de hoedanigheden der beweginge van alle zichtbare Hemelsche Lighamen ... verduistering van Zon en Maan
Amsteldam
Pieter Goos
1659
€700 - €900

4to, (8),125,(3),(15 = Redenering wegens de vinding der lengte van Oost en West) p., 8 engr. Owner's entry on titlepage and erased old stamp, some light dampstaining. Cont. vellum

Hoogendoorn GraafA07: ""By all appearances this work is a precis of Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop's Nederduitse astronomie, and De Graaf was therefore repeatedly accused of plagiarism."" Ref. Bierens de Haan 1754 and 1755. Rare celebrated work by one of the most important Dutch mathematicians (1635-±1713), important also for his contribution to the propagation of Descartes' ideas

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