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Prodromus Conjunctionis Magnae anno 1623. futurae. Das ist Kurtzes und Einfeltiges doch in Gottes Wort und der Astrologischen Kunst gegründets Bedencken von dem grossen Cometstern der in abgewichenem 1618. Jahre im Novembri sich erst recht sehen lassen.
ref. 634118 leaves. Small 4to attractive modern marbled boards red morocco lettering piece on spine. Wittenberg: C. Heyden 1619. First edition of this rare book which is considered by A.D.B. to be the author's most important scientific work; it is a careful record of the third of the three bright comets of 1618-19. Schmidt 1570-1637 was "one of the last of the scholars of Germany who taught the language and literature of Greece in the spirit of Melanchthon. Schmidt was professor first of Greek and next of Mathematics at Wittenberg. His principal work was an edition of Pindar with a Latin translation and a careful commentary 1616."-Sandys II p. 272. Fine copy. ⧠A.D.B. Vol. 32 pp. 27-28. Zinner 4785. unknown
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