Live auction - Lot 662
[Astronomy]
2 vol. of Ephemerides.
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
1. Zanotti, Eustachio - Ephemerides motuum caelestium ex anno 1763 in annum 1774 ad meridianum Bononiae ex Halleii tabulis supputate [...]. Bologna, L. Dalla Volpe, 1762. 4to: x-384 pp.; 5 pl. (front. lacking; some sm. foxing, very pale damp stain in the end). 19th-c. paper wrapper over cardboard (sl. rubbed). Illustrated with 5 fold. maps fig. solar eclipses and 1 title vignette showing the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of Bologna. - 2. Caturegli, Pietro - Ephemerides motuum caelestium ex anno 1829 in annum 1832 ad meridiannum Bononiae supputatae [...]. Bologna, Sassi, 1828. Front.-xii-331-[1 bl.]-xix pp.- 8 ff. of tables-[1] p.; 3 pl. 19th-c. paper wrapper over cardboard (much rubbed). Illustrated with 3 fold. plates: 1 map of a solar eclipse and 2 eliptic grids. Title vignette showing the Academy of Sciences of Bologna.
Both Zanotti (1709-1782) and Caturegli (1772-1833) were Professors of Astronomy at the University of Bologna and Directors of the "Specola" (Astronomical Observatory). Caturegli also was Superintendent of the "Bononiae Ephemerides".