Antiquariat Kainbacher
Kepler, Johannes 
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Ad Vitellionem paralipomena quibus astronomiae pars optica traditur. Frankfurt, C. Marnius & Heirs of J. Aubrius 1604. 4to (203 x 160 mm), pp. [xvi], 449, [18], [1, blank], with one engraved plate (with adjacent unsigned and unpaginated leaf of explanation) before page 177, two folding letterpress tables (between pp. 424 and 425), woodcut printer’s device on title and numerous woodcut diagrams in text (some leaves browned, as usual, due to the quality of the paper). Contemporary vellum. Flexibler Pergamentband der Zeit mit neuen Bändern (etwas fleckig), leicht gebräunt, ein gutes, vollständiges Exemplar. EUR 45000,- Die beiden "Einschubblätter" vor Seite 177 des "Vitallionem" von Kepler tragen keine Paginierung. Sie stammen aus einem anderen Buch (nicht von Kepler) und enthalten einen Kupferstich des menschlichen Auges aus medizinischer Sicht und 3 Seiten Auflistung der einzelnen Bilder. Kepler hat dies wohl zum besseren Verständnis seines Textes beigegeben. Ich erwähne diesen Einschub, weil er anscheinend manchmal fehlt. In der Bibliographie von Max Caspar ist aber alles angegeben sodass er Bestandteil des Werkes ist. FIRST EDITION of Kepler's first important optical work and a highly significant book in the history of ophthalmology. The first part deals with human vision and the functions of the eye, the crucial role played by the retina, the process of refraction and the first scientifically correct explanation of myopia. The second part is divided into six astronomical chapters which "include not only a discussion of parallax, astronomical refraction, and his eclipse instruments but also the annual variation in the apparent size of the sun. Since the changing size of the solar image is inversely proportional to the sun's distance, this key problem was closely related to his planetary theory; unfortunately, his observational results were not decisive" (DSB). Kepler was responsible for introducing the terms "prism," "lens," "meniscus," and many others into the field of optics. Caspar 18; Cinti 13; Hirschberg 308; NLM/Krivatsy 6343; Zinner 3993.
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