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  Joannes Stadius' widely consulted 16th century astronomical almanac Ephemeris Anno Christi 1554; from the library of English astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley

  STADIUS, Joannes. [Edmond Halley].

  Ephemeris Anno Christi 1554.

  Cologne: Apud haeredes Arnoldi Birckmanni, 1570.

  Edmond Halley's sixteenth-century copy of Flemish mathematician Joannes Stadius' widely consulted astronomical almanac, first published in 1554. Quarto, bound in full English calf with an elaborate gilt lozenge to the center of each panel, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised bands, printer's device to the title page. From the library of English astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley with his signature to the title page accompanied by the signature of Charles Bernard (1650-1711), surgeon to Queen Anne, with "ex dono" added under Halley's name seemingly indicating a gift from Bernard to Halley. English astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley's career exemplified the emerging, institution-based science of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Best known today for showing that the comets of 1456, 1531, 1607, and 1682 were the same object and for predicting its 1758 return—later named Halley’s Comet—he applied Newtonian gravitation to celestial phenomena before such methods were widely accepted. Halley’s contributions extended well beyond comets: as a young observer on St. Helena he produced a pioneering telescopic catalogue of southern stars, and later conducted maritime expeditions to map terrestrial magnetism and stu...

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