BOULLIAU, Ismael (1605-1694)

Lot 122
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Lot 122 | BOULLIAU, Ismael (1605-1694)
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BOULLIAU, Ismael (1605-1694)

Astronomia philolaica opus novum, in quo motus planetarum per novam ac veram hypothesim demonstrantur... Superque illa hypothesi tabulae constructae omnium... facillimae (by Gabriel Naudé). Paris: Simeon Piget, 1645.

First edition. 'This important work according to Newton first mentions the sun’s attraction, which decreases in inverse proportion to its distance' (Sotheran). Ismael Boulliau, born in London, the son of an astronomer, converted to Catholicism in 1630. As secretary to Dupuy he catalogued the library of the Président de Thou and became acquainted with a wide circle of savants. In the scientific debate in Paris at the time of the publication of Galileo's Dialogo in 1632, he played a major role, supporting Galileo's theories. This work, with its heliocentric doctrine, was his most significant. Sotheran I, 500.



2 parts in one volume, folio (365 x 223mm). Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut diagrams (vol. I: 12 section-titles bound at beginning after errata/privilege leaf in a non-sequential order, title and following 2 leaves repaired at gutter, title with some light creasing, marginal ink stain to 2O3v, with pp.149-150 and 171-172 printed on folded half sheets and bound correctly in pagination sequence, with blank leaf 3G4; vol. II: with leaf G*+*, unsigned and unpaginated leaf 'Synopsis tabularum astronomicarum Persicarum' bound between 2D1-2, small worm track in gutter in gathering V with minor loss of a few letters, some minor light marginal staining mainly confined towards end, otherwise a clean copy). Contemporary calf (expertly rebacked preserving most of the original gilt backstrip with head and foot of spine expertly tooled in gilt to match, corners refurbished). Provenance: Rossardiere (apothecary at St Malo, ink ownership inscription on title dated 1690).





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