COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Books Internet Archive
Record
Author:
Escobar Salmeron y Castro, Joseph de, active 17th century.
Author (contributor):
León, Nicolás, 1859-1929
Title:
Discurso cometologico, y relacion del nuevo cometa: : visto en aqueste hemispherio mexicano, y generalmente en todo el mundo: el año de 1680; y extinguido en este de 81: observado, y regulado en este mismo horizonte de Mexico. /
Publisher:
Por la viuda de Bernardo Calderon
Begin Publication Date:
1681
MMS Id (Alma identifier):
991007026609706966
Permanent Call Number:
B681 .E74d
Statistics Note 1 (Accession Number):
STAT_NOTE_1_ACCESSION #: 5762
Subjects:
Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de,--1645-1700.--Manifiesto filosófico contra los cometas.
Subjects:
Comets.
Subjects:
Astronomy.
Subjects:
Kirch comet.
Subjects:
Imprint 1681.
General Note:
The comet seen "throughout the world" in 1680 referred to in the title is the Kirch comet, discovered by discovered by Gottfried Kirch in 1680. It has the distinction of being the first comet discovered by telescope. It was discovered and became one of the brightest comets of the 17th century.; This work is a reply to: Manifiesto filosófico contra los cometas / by Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, printed in Mexico City, 1681.; Signatures: pi⁴ (pi1 verso blank) A-F⁴; Woodcut vignette of a comet appears on title page; head and tail pieces; initials.; Includes a woodcut image of Saint Joseph above the dedication on leaf [2] recto.
Local Note:
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting title page leaf; title page transcription supplied from facsimile housed in JCB bibliographical file.; John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in modern red morocco with red bookcloth covered boards.; Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Nicolás León: information from bibliographical file.