Komētographia, or, A discourse concerning comets
Subtitle: wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into : as also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars
By: by Increase Mather
Contributors: Sherman, John, 1613-1685
Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time -- 22687-22689
Publisher: Printed by S.G. for S.S. [i.e., Samuel Green for Samuel Sewall] and sold by J. Browning
Published: 1683
Place of publication: Boston, New-England
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Comets -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Sermons, American -- Early works to 1800
Other titles: Komētographia; Discourse concerning comets; Heaven's alarm to the world; Latter sign discoursed of
Notes: Preface by John Sherman

"With an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII, expressing the place in the heavens where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as they have been by learned men observed."

"Heaven's alarm to the world, or, A sermon ... by Increase Mather. The second impression ... 1682."-- 38, [1], 32 p., with separate title page. First issued separately (Evans 320). This includes "The latter sign discoursed of, in a sermon ... by Increase Mather ..." ([1], 32 p., Evans 321), also with separate title page

Includes bibliographical references

Sabin, 46696

Microfiche. Woodbridge, CT : Research Publications, 1997. 3 microfiches : negative. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time ; 22687-22689)

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