Swedenborg On lunar observations 1720
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2015-06-16
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| Sold for | 2200 SEK |
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| Estimate | 2 000-2 500 SEK |
ON LUNAR OBSERVATIONS. SWEDENBORG, EMANUEL. Foersoek,. att finna oestra och westra laengden igen, igenom månan. I.e. Tentamina, locorum longitudienem per lunam inveniendi... Uppsala 1718. From: Acta literaria Sveciae Edita Upsaliae. Trimester secundum anni 1720.
Small 4to (190x145 mm). Pp. 27-58.
Disbound. Slightly trimmed, some spotting and soiling.
Attempts to find the longitude of places by lunar observations. This is the original Swedish edition of the work subsequently published in Latin at Amsterdam in 1721, of which a second edition was printed about the year 1766.
Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
