Astronomiae cometicae synopsis

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Caption title.,Colophon engraved on a plate of the Sheldonian Theatre, with legend dated "Iun. 8. 1705" added.,With this is a letter from A. de Moivre to My Ld., August 25, 1705 about Halley's theory of the comets.,P294,Condition: Pages foxed and cockled; chemise bubbled on back; box waterstained and scratched, spine rubbed; shelfworn.Scanned.5/05.,Also includes: "Halley's comet: a space-age challenge," in New Scientist, v. 35, #557, 10 August 1967, pp 286-289 and two newspaper clippings from 1967 in a clasp envelope.,In navy buckram slipcase within navy buckram box with black Moroccan label, gold tooled, panelled in on front cover.,From Cashel Library in Ireland; probably from William King, Archbishop of Dublin to Cashel Library. Came with the Moivre, both from Cashel Library.,5 8,