Cassini Giovanni (306 results)

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Loose Leaf. Condition: New. Reproduction. Original title: Vinkenbaan German: Vinkenbaan French: Vinkenbaan Spanish: Vinkenbaan High-quality fine-art reproduction based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Creation period: 18th century (1750). Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper (Photo Matt Fibre) in size A5. The motif is printed with a white border (museum-style presentation). No.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the fascinating history of the creation and meticulous calibration of the world's first modern astronomical instrument. Installed in Bologna's renowned Basilica of San Petronio in the 17th century, this remarkable device revolutionized the study of astronomy. The author meticulously chronicles the instrument's conception, construction, and subsequent analysis, providing a detailed account of the scientific advancements it enabled. The book not only presents a timeline of the instrument's history but also explores the scientific debates and controversies surrounding its design and use. By examining the instrument's role in shaping our understanding of the solar system, this book sheds light on the evolution of astronomy and the relentless pursuit of scientific knowledge. Through this remarkable device, astronomers gained unprecedented insights into the movement of celestial bodies, contributing to the broader scientific revolution of the time. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - La meridiana del tempio di S. Petronio details the construction and use of the meridian line within the Basilica di San Petronio in Bologna, Italy. Prepared for astronomical observations in 1655 and revised in 1695, this work by Giovanni Domenico Cassini offers insights into 17th-century astronomical practices and the scientific endeavors of the time. The book explores the meticulous process of establishing the meridian line and its significance for astronomical calculations and timekeeping. It stands as a testament to the intersection of science, religion, and architecture during the early modern period, showcasing the Basilica di San Petronio as a site of both spiritual and intellectual inquiry.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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No Binding. Condition: Good. An Important Map of the Moon With Hidden Dedications to the Maker and Artist's Wives! A fine Italian reduction of Jean-Dominique Cassini's important work, one of the earliest available scientific maps of the moon. T. Foxing. Wear along fold lines, somewhat unevenly. An Important Map of the Moon With Hidden Dedications to the Maker and Artist's Wives! A fine Italian reduction of Jean-Dominique Cassini's important work, one of the earliest available scientific maps of the moon. This map was originally published in 1679 by Jean-Dominique Cassini from drawings by Claude Mellan (1598-1688), and shows one of the most detailed surveys of the moon made up until that point. This late-seventeenth-century issue of the Cassini moon map follows the 1784 second issue of the moon map, published by Cassini's great-grandson, of the same name but more commonly known as Cassini IV (1748-1845), who, in 1784, was the director of the Paris Observatory. The broadside preserves Cassini's French-language note that describes this map, translating it to Italian. The first paragraph translates as follows: The largest map of the moon that has been published is that twenty inches in diameter, that Dominic Cassini had engraved around 1680 after his observations made over an interval of nine years from 1671 until 1679. The original drawings of each part of the moon were made with notes of the days, the weeks, and all the other circumstances under which the observation was made, written in the same hand of this astronomer and conserved delicately in the Royal Observatory, and forming a volume of sixty plates perfectly drawn in the hand of Le Clerc, and we think that the famous Mellan is the author of the engraving of the large map. In 1787, Cassini IV found the original copperplate of his great-grandfather's lunar map in the Observatory's archive and reissued it. This second edition is identical to the first, aside from the addition of Carte de la Lune . de Jean Dominique Cassini to the lower edge. This Brun Italian edition follows the Cassini map. There are two rather intriguing dedications interwoven into the moon s surface, supposedly to Cassini s wife, Genevi ve de Laistre and to the wife of artist Jean Patigny (d. 1675). One is a profile of a woman s head which features in the lower half by the mountain range Heraclides . The other appears in the Mare Serenitis, a heart shape or the Greek letter phi ( ) as in philos - meaning love. Cassini IV added labels to significant lunar features on this reduction, as well as a substantial historical note detailing the discoveries made by his great-grandfather and other astronomers. The labels follow the nomenclature of Cassini I's teacher, Giovanni Battista Riccioli, first laid out in his 'Almagestum Movun' in 1651. It divided the visible surface of the Moon into octants, with the features in each named for a certain period of history. Octant VIII contains the names of Riccioli's contemporaries. The names of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler appear in the Sea of Storms. Riccioli credited several Arab astronomers by naming craters after them, despite a tendency in Christian scholars to gloss over their achievements, for example, Azophi and Arzachel (Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi and Al-Zarkali) in the upper portion of the map. Rarity Having searched a battery of related keywords in both Google and other databases (including OCLC), we were unable to locate any additional examples of this broadside. Map. …

Condition: Fine. Due mappamondi - GLOBO TERRESTRE e GLOBO CELESTE - ciascuno consistente di dodici fusi di 30 gradi di ampiezza, ritagliati e incollati su di una sfera di legno e cartapesta del diametro di 35 cm, coloritura di mano coeva. Giovanni Maria Cassini (1745?1824) fu un costruttore di globi, geografo, incisore e cartografo italiano. La sua opera principale fu il Nuovo Atlante Geografico Universale del 1792-1801, pubblicato presso la Calcografia Camerale. Nel 1790 la Calcografia Camerale di Roma pubblicò i suoi dodici fusi per globo terrestre, aggiornato secondo le ultime rilevazioni effettuate durante i tre viaggi attorno al mondo del Capitano inglese James Cook. I dodici fusi celesti furono pubblicati nel 1792, frutto delle osservazioni astronomiche di Flamsteed e Lacaille, e rappresentano tutte le costellazioni allora conosciute con le stelle di grandezza variabile secondo la loro magnitudo. Cassini fu anche intagliatore di architetture e prospettive - uno dei migliori discepoli di Giovanni Battista Piranesi - oltre che uno degli ultimi sferografi italiani del Settecento: i suoi globi ebbero una notevole diffusione, come pure il suo "Nuovo Atlante Geografico".   P670; Dekker, p. 66. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Anzahl Bände: 1 - Bd.Nr.: kA - Sprache: de - Einband: Pergament - Gewicht: 301 - Illust.: 10 Tafeln - Zustand: Gut - zeitgen. Einband mit Goldaufprägungen und hs. Titel am Rücken. bes. an Ecken beschädigt, fleckig. Bindung sehr locker. Blätter bes. am Ran. 10 Tafeln (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Folio (18 x 13 inches). Engraved allegorical title-page with original hand-colour in full, engraved index with original handcoloured border, double-page world map, maps of the four continents, and 37 maps of Italy, the Balkans and Anatolia, 12 terrestrial and celestial globe gores and relevant horizon rings, one double-page and one full-page plates of spheres and planes, one vignette tail-piece, all with original hand-colour in full (some occasionally heavy browning, some spotting, and pale marginal stains, small marginal tears affecting the map area on plates 5, 24 and 33). Contemporary mottled calf, gilt (worn at the extremities). Provenance: the ownership inscription of Monsigr. Alessandro Cante on the recto of the first blank. First edition of the first volume of an eventual three, volumes II and III being published in 1797 and 1801. Cassini was an important Italian globe-maker towards the end of the 18th-century, and this volume contains important directions on how to make globes, and includes complete sets of globe gores for a pair of globes. Interestingly the terrestrial globe has the title: "Globo Terrestre Delineato sulle ultime osservazioni Con i Viaggi e nuove scoperte del Cap. Cook Inglese. 1790", and as such an early depiction of his voyages. Europeans were intensely interested in Cook's discoveries for what they revealed about the exotic peoples and lands of the remote Pacific. More than anything else, Europeans wanted to experience the thrill of Cook's voyages vicariously, and that meant they required visualization. With his globe, Cassini planned to chart the course of Cook's three voyages. Using vivid color and meticulous accuracy, he prepared a vision that would serve as the best possible substitute for the actual journey to fascinated Europeans. Philips 670; Warner 52; Dahl & Gauvin 131-134; Dekker 66. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1693 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 50 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 50 Giovanni Domenico Cassini.…