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Harmonices Mundi Libri V. by Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)

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Title: Harmonices Mundi Libri V.
Author: Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Linz: J. Planck for G. Tampach, 1619. FIRST EDITION, first issue (see below). Hardcover. Fine. The Norman copy of Kepler's great cosmological treatise. Bound in contemporary reversed English calf, rebacked and re-sewn. A fine copy. Very slight fraying to outer margin of title, clean tears (not entering the text in the upper margin of leaf f2 and leaf C1; a third clean tear to the inner blank margin of leaf S2. In addition to the engraved illustrations on the added sheets, there are numerous woodcut diagrams & illustrations in the text. Caspar's probable first issue, the title with allegorical device, and with the sometimes suppressed dedication to James I. Copies of this issue are distinctly rare. This epochal work contains Kepler's discovery of the third law of planetary motion. Kepler regarded this work as his crowning achievement in elucidating the harmonic regularities of the universe. It was Kepler's three laws that formed the basis of Newton's principle of universal gravitation. An ardent Copernican, Kepler accepted that the sun was near the center of the universe, but he went farther, attributing physical force to the sun. In his earliest published work, the 'Mysterium cosmographicum' (1596), Kepler had investigated the number, the dimensions, and the motions of the celestial orbs; in the 'Harmonices mundi' he explains the harmony of the universe, the natural correspondence between the cosmos and the individual. He imposes a neo-Platonic theology on stringent geometric analysis of the universe. In contrast to the poetic cosmic harmony propounded by his contemporary Robert Fludd, of whom Kepler was openly critical, Kepler provided "a detailed and coherent explanation of the structure of the cosmos in terms of a divine harmony based on geometry. He investigates harmony in four areas: geometry, music, astrology and astronomy. Books I and II are concerned with the geometrical foundation of universal harmony, beginning with a detailed exposition of Euclid's 'Elements'. He discusses polygons and polyhedrons and -- for the first time -- stellated dodecahedrons, which Louis Poinsot was to rediscover in 1810; four of them are today known as Kepler-Poinsot solids. Book III investigates harmonic proportions and music theory, while Book IV contains the fullest expression of his astrological views. Book V "On the Harmony of Celestial Motion," is devoted to astronomy and contains Kepler's third law of planetary motion, which stated that the square of the period of time of a planet is proportional to the cube of its mean distance from the sun."(Dibner, Heralds of Science) "In the 'Mysterium cosmographicum', the young Kepler had been satisfied with the rather approximate planetary spacings predicted by his nested polyhedrons and spheres; now [in 1619], imbued with a new respect for data, he could no longer dismiss its 5 percent error. In the astronomical Book V of the 'Harmonices Mundi', he came to grips with this central problem: By what secondary principles did God adjust the original archetypal model based on the regular solids?... "In the course of this investigation, Kepler hit upon the relation now called his third or 'harmonic' law: The ratio that exists between the periodic times of any two planets is precisely the ratio of the 3/2 power of the mean distances...the law gave him great pleasure, for it so neatly linked the planetary distances with their velocities or periods, thus fortifying the 'a priori' premises of the 'Mysterium' and the 'Harmonices'."(Gingerich, D.S.B., VII, pp. 301-02) Kepler's announcement of his 3rd law is found in Book V, Chapter 3, Proposition VIII: "What is the Proportion of the Periodic times to the Distances from the Sun of any pair of Planets?" Kepler writes: "Up until now we have dealt with the various elapsed times of arcs of one and the same planet. Now we must deal with the motions of pairs of planets compared with each other... A part of my 'Mysterium Cosmographicum' put on hold 22 years ago because it was not yet clear is to be completed here, and brought in at this point. For after I had discovered the true intervals of the orbits by long and ceaseless toil over Brahe's observational data, finally, finally, the true proportion of the periodic times to the proportion of the orbits "showed herself to me". It came to me on March 8th of this year, 1618, but I was unlucky when I inserted it into the calculation, and so rejected it as false. But the idea returned on May 15th and, adopting a new line of attack, it stormed the darkness of my mind. So strong was the support from the combination of my seventeen years of labor on Brahe's observations and this, my present study that at first I believed I was dreaming and was just assuming this conclusion among my basic premises. But it is absolutely certain and exact that: "The proportion between the periodic times of any two planets is precisely one and a half times the proportion of the mean distances of their orbits. "Though with this in mind: that the arithmetic mean between the two diameters of the elliptical orbit is a little less than the long diameter. Thus, if one takes one third of the proportion from the period, for example, of the Earth, which is one year, and the same from the period of Saturn, thirty years, that is, the cube roots, and one doubles that proportion by squaring the roots, he has in the resulting numbers the exactly correct proportion of the mean distances of the Earth and Saturn from the Sun. For the cube root of 1 is 1, and the square of that is 1. Also, the cube root of 30 is greater than 3, and therefore the square of that is greater than 9. And Saturn at its average distance from the Sun is a little higher than nine times the average distance of the Earth from the Sun."(pp. 189-190).

Argumenta Satyrarum Iuuenalis per Antonium Mancinellum. Cum quattuor commentariis by Juvenal [Decimus Junius Juvenalis] (C.E. 60-130)

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Title: Argumenta Satyrarum Iuuenalis per Antonium Mancinellum. Cum quattuor commentariis
Author: Juvenal [Decimus Junius Juvenalis] (C.E. 60-130)
Seller: Liber Antiquus (United States)
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Description: Venice: Impressum per Ioannem de Cereto alias Tacuinum de Tridino, 10 December, 1501. SECOND EDITION THUS. Hardcover. Fine. An attractive copy in a contemporary, blind-stamped Italian Renaissance binding of quarter calf and wooden boards (some worm-traces and defects to leather and boards, clasps and one fastener missing, metal catches preserved, straps perished). Fine and clean internally with the exception of some marginal soiling and trivial blemishes (soiling to lower margin of title, light damp-stain to upper margin of 4 lvs. in gathering n, corner of gathering q, and lower margin of the final gathering. Small ink stain to first leaf of Satires, light ink-stain to leaf i3, ink smear on leaf x3. Manuscript leaves used as paste-downs; 16th c. annotations on flyleaf. With a quarter-page woodcut of Juvenal, with a laurel crown, reciting his poetry while the humanists Lorenzo Valla, Domizio Calderini, and Giorgio Merula busily write their commentaries. A book cabinet is shown in the background of the studium. Woodcut initials throughout the text. Juvenal’s “Satires”, edited by the humanist teacher and grammarian Antonio Mancinelli (1452-1505), with the commentaries of the important humanists Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), Domizio Calderini (1446-1478), and Giorgio Merula (1430-1497). Mancinelli was among the first humanists to oversee the printing of volumes containing not only his own commentaries but also those of other authors, and he gave the work a distinctly pedagogical orientation, directing it toward grammar teachers. He also added a verse summary of the Satires' themes, intended as a mnemonic for students, to the title page. The educational intent is also reflected in the significant woodcut on the recto of the first leaf, depicting Juvenal flanked by Calderini, Merula, and Valla, who, along with Mancinelli, had edited and produced commentaries on the text of the Satires. Mancinelli’s first edition was published by the same printer in 1492; the edition of 1498 added Giorgio Merula's commentary. “The ‘Satires’ address two main themes: the corruption of society in the city of Rome and human brutality and folly. In the first Satire, Juvenal declares that vice, crime, and the misuse of wealth have reached such a peak that it is impossible not to write satire.”(EB) "Rancor towards society -and hidden resentment at not belonging to it- are important elements in the indignant satire of Juvenal, who represents the Italian middle class that in the daily life of the Empire’s cosmopolitan capital witnessed the constant subversion of the moral and political values of the national, republican tradition. Lacking an ethical-political awareness that could explain this turbulent development, the variety and mutability of the social picture, Juvenal looks upon this confused spectacle (which relegates him to the edges of the scene) as a tragedy performed in grotesque masks, and he does not even have the bitter satisfaction of invective. "Juvenal transforms profoundly the formal principles of the satiric genre, breaking the traditional link with comedy and bringing satire near to tragedy, on the level of content and style, which is similarly ‘sublime.’ A familiar technique in Juvenal is the employment of epic-tragic language precisely in connection with the coarsest, most vulgar content; his purpose is to bring out the lowness of the material by contrasting it with the loftiness of the form of the expression. His realism, which richly documents for us the habits and usages of daily life at the time, strongly tends to distortion, of course, because he is dealing with figures and scenes of such coarseness that the indignant moralist’s biliousness vents itself on them."(Conte) “Juvenal’s 16 satiric poems were first published at intervals in five separate books. Book One, containing Satires 1–5, was issued c. 100–110; Book Two, with Satire 6, c. 115; Book Three, which comprises Satires 7–9, contains what must be a reference to Hadrian, who ruled from 117 to 138; Book Four, made up of Satires 10–12, contains no datable allusion; and Book Five, containing Satires 13–16, has two references to the year 127.”(Britannica).

Tin Can Company trade catalogues, featuring nine American Can Company volumes and one Erie Can Company by [Trade catalogue - packaging; American Can Company/Erie Can Company]

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Title: Tin Can Company trade catalogues, featuring nine American Can Company volumes and one Erie Can Company
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Seller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (United States)
Description: Rome (N.Y.), 1908. Ten trade catalogues. Items mostly uniform in size (~ 19 x 12.5 cm.), though page count does vary (from 14 to 155). Each catalogue contains an index. Each catalogue is illustrated and most include select full-color images. Including the Erie Can Company’s, there are four general catalogues that cover a broad range of products; three catalogues are specific to syrup cans; and the remainder feature one specific type of product or another. ~ Incorporated in 1901, the American Can Company was a member of the “Tin Can Trust” that controlled a large percentage of the tin market. In 1913 the U.S. Government sued the company on the grounds of monopoly. The individual catalogues: 1. American Can Company. American Steel Lead Kegs. New York: American Can Company, circa 1908. 24 pages. Steel kegs for lead manufacturers and lead users; features product descriptions for five unique kegs and over 25 testimonials from consumers across the country. Illustrated cover. Cream wrappers with black/red text, bound with red ribbon and staple. Slight discoloration and creasing, otherwise very good; 2. Tin, Galvanized and Japanned Ware; Catalogue No. 16. No date. 147 pages plus index. Features Canco trademarked products, also manufactured by American Can Company. In total over 275 unique products featured. Gray wrappers with embossed type. Rounded edges. Slight bumping to spine, otherwise fine condition; 3. Tin, Galvanized and Japanned Ware; Catalogue No. 17. No date. 155 pages plus index, interleaved with graph paper. Very nearly same content as #16, but this edition is interleaved with graph paper presumably for consumers to mark their notes. Bound in black vinyl with gold print. Rounded edges. “E. Hoffman” printed on the cover. Edges of cover chipping, but text is in fine condition; 4. Tin, Galvanized and Japanned Ware; Catalogue No. 18. No date. 123 pages interleaved with graph paper. Same as #17, with variations in featured products. Bound in blue vinyl, cover has white paint stain and printed name is scratched out. Otherwise very good; 5. Druggists’ Tinware; Catalogue No. 21. No date. 98 pages. Illustrated throughout with select full-color images. Has ninety-nine unique products for druggists: arnica salve boxes, cosmoline cans, insect powder guns, tooth powder boxes, herb cans, and more. Gray wrappers with green and gray text, company name embossed on front cover and monogram embossed on back. Some pencil marks and slight discoloration on wrappers, text in fine condition; 6. American Can Company. Syrup Cans; Catalogue 43. No date.15 pages. Illustrated throughout. Indexed catalogue of cans for syrups. Features twelve unique cans in variety of sizes and shapes. Light gray wrapper with red and black print. Interior text has some water staining; 7. American Can Company. Syrup Cans; Catalogue 45. No date.14 pages. Almost identical to #43 in form, condition, and content. Illustrations vary just slightly and this catalogue does not feature the “‘Chelco’” Metal Swing Seal”, thus features just eleven products; 8. Syrup Cans; Catalogue 47. No date. 14 pages. Same as #45; 9. Seamless and Pieced Boxes, Hinged, Slip and Sliding Covers; Catalogue No. 56. No date.37 pages. Thirty-eight seamless and pieced boxes in oblong, square, and miscellaneous shapes with slip, hinge, or sliding covers. Also highlights location of manufacturer: Brooklyn, Richmond, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis. Gray wrappers with green and black text, pencil marks on back cover; water stains throughout; 10. Erie Can Company. Illustrated Catalogue, Sheet Metal Specialties including Tea, Coffee and Spice Cabinets, Cans and Caddies and Sample Room Goods, Etc. Chicago: Erie Can Company, no date. 27 pages. Features thirty-three unique products from painters pots and brush safes to display cabinets and coffee caddies. In cream wrappers with some discoloration and slight edge chipping. Text slightly discolored by staple binding. As a collection, overall condition is very good.

1798 Manuscript Promissory Note with ten-cent revenue stamp

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Title: 1798 Manuscript Promissory Note with ten-cent revenue stamp
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Description: Manuscript Promissory Note dated July 3, 1798 between Amor Hart and George Reed. It has an embossed ten-sent revenue stamp.

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