Initia astronomica speculae Batthyanianae Albensis in Transilvania
Subtitle: cujus I. Originem, et adjuncta. II. Adparatum astronomicum. III. Rectificationem instrumentorum
By: proposuit Antonius Martonfi, presbyter secularis, philosophiae doctor, speculae ejusdem director, et astronomus ; cum XI. tabulis aeneis
Publisher: Typis Episcopalibus
Published: 1798
Place of publication: Albae Carolinae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 424
Subjects: Astronomy; Observations; Early works to 1800; Astronomical observatories; Astronomical instruments
Notes: Signatures: pi1 [sec.]-4[sec.]⁴ A-3G⁴; 4[sec.]1-3 missigned 3[sec.], 3[sec.]2, 3[sec.]3 respectively.

The direction line on $1 includes the wording "Tom. I.", but no more published.

Many errors in paging.

Title and text pages within double rule border.

Engraved allegorical title vignette, signed: Simon sc. Claudiop. 1797.

The plates are engraved and depict the exterior of the observatory, its interior decoration, and its instruments. A few plates are signed by Mich. Gros as designer and J.B. Simon or G. Mark as engraver. A few are dated 1796-1798.

Errata: p. [8] (3rd count).