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Disqvisitiones mathematicae, de controversiis et novitatibvs astronomicis ;

Scheiner, Christoph, 1575-1650, praeses · 1614 · Ingolstadii : Ex typographeo Ederiano apud Elisabetham Angermariam · 4 pictures

A 1614 Latin astronomy treatise by Christoph Scheiner, printed at Ingolstadt, Bavaria, for scholars debating astronomical questions. The four pictures are letterpassed geometric diagrams, a circle-and-arc construction, a dense stippled ring above a printed line, and a grotesque mask ornament, all in plain black woodcut-style print on laid paper. A designer could take the crisp labelled diagrams as schematic line work and the carved mask cartouche as a decorative header or ornament.

Astronomy -- Early works to 1800

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