Theatrum cometicum : duabus partibus constans, quarum altera frequenti Senatu philosophico conspicua, cometas anni 1664. & 1665. variis virorum per Europam clariss. cum quibus auctor de hoc argumento contulit. observationibus, differtationibus, animadversionibus descriptos, & quinquaginto novem figuris aeneis illustratos, exhibet: quibus immista sunt varia philosophica & Christiana exempla & monita, ad vitae melius degendae usum cuicunque hominum generi convenientia: Ad Sereniss. & Poteniss. Fridericum tertium, regem Daniae, Morvegiae &c. &c. &c. Altera continet historiam ccccxv Cometarum, à tempore diluvii ad ann. 1665. cum 25. figuris & accurato indiculo, non tantùm tristium, sed & laetorum eventuum ; eos secutorum ; in qua simul synopsis quaedam historiae universalis proponitur ... Et theatri cometicis exitus, sive de significatione cometarum, ac justa Rautensteinians cum imagine ejusdem ... /
Łubienski, Stanisław,bishop of Plock,1623-1675.
Hevelius, Johannes,1611-1687.
Scheits, M.,illustrator.
Isennius, M. C.,illustrator.
Gerrets, G.,engraver.
Stopendaal, Sebastian,engraver.
Stopendaal, B.,engraver.
Veenhuysen, J.,engraver.
Gerardi, G.,engraver.
Graves, John Thomas,1806-1870,former owner.
Amstelodami : Typis Danielis Baccamude, Apud Franciscum Cuperum, bibliopolam,
1668.
Previous edition: 1666.
Each volume has an engraved added title page with the year 1667 printed on it.
Printer's devices on title pages.
Engraved initials.
Printer's tailpieces.
Added title page, v. 1 p. [243]. Communicatio Guerichiana. Continens experimentum novum Magdeburgicum de vacuo Spatio ...
V. 2 has regular title page: Stanislai Lubieniecii à Lubieniec Historia cometarum, a diluvio usque ad praesentam annum vulgaris epochae à Christ nato 1665 ... ; V. 2 has also half title: Stanislai Lubieniecii à Lubieniec. Systematis cometici. Tomus secundus.
V. 3 has title: Theatri cometici exitus. De significatione cometarum, Judiciis praeclarorum virorum ab auchore partin collectis, partim exquisitis, expeditur.
Illustrations by M.C. Isennius (variously Ysennis) ; realised by various engravers: G. Gerrets (also Gerretsz), B. Stopendaal, S. Stopendaal, (variously Stopendael, Stopendahl, Stop.), J. Veenhuysen, G. Gerardi. Engraved title pages delineated by M. Scheits.
Weidler, J.F. Historia astronomie,
Lalande, J.J. le F. de. Bib. astronomique,
Rautenstein, Johann Ernst, -1666.
Netherlands Amsterdam.