Ioannis Keppleri Harmonices mundi libri V. : Quorum primus Geometricus, de figurarum regularium, quæ proportiones harmonicas constituunt, ortu & demonstrationibus. Secundus Architectonicus, seu ex geometria figurata, de figurarum regularium congruentia in plano vel solido: tertius proriè Harmonicus, de proportionum harmonicarum ortu ex figuris; deque naturâ & differentiis rerum ad cantum pertinentium, contra veteres: quartus Metaphysicus, psychologicus & astrologicus, de harmoniarum mentali essentiâ earumque generibus in mundo; præsertim de Harmonia radiorum, ex corporibus cœlestibus in terram descendentibus, eiusque effectu in natura seu anima sublunari & humana: quintus Astronomicus & metaphysicus, de harmoniis absolutissimis motuum cœlestium, ortuque eccentricitatum ex proportionibus harmonicis. Appendix habet comparationem huius operis cum harmonices Cl. Ptolemæi libro III. cumque Roberti de Fluctibus, dicti Flud. Medici Oxoniiensis speculationibus harmonicis, operi de macrocosmo & microcosmo insertis.

Main entry:

Kepler, Johannes, 1571-1630.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Lincii Austriæ : Sumptibus Godofredi Tampachii bibl. Francof. : Excudebat Ioannes Planchus, M.DC.XIX. [1619]

Description:

[8], 66 [i.e. 64], 255, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., music ; 31 cm. (fol.)

Notes:
Pages 53-54 omitted in pagination.
Books 1-2 are paged continuously, as are books 3-5. Books 1,4, and 5 have special title pages, included in the paging.
"Emendanda in opere"--P. 255.
First state of title with printer's woodcut device.
Caspar, M. Kepler, 58.
Grolier 100 Science, 58.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "Sur les traces de... la bulle = Starting from... the bubble", Centre canadien d'architecture Nov. 26, 2009-Jan. 17, 2010.
Exhibited: "Sur les traces de... la bulle = Starting from... the bubble", Centre canadien d'architecture Nov. 26, 2009-Jan. 17, 2010.

Summary:

First ed. of Kepler's major cosmological treatise on the theory of the harmony of the universe, involving geometry, music, astrology and astronomy.

Subject:

Solar system Early works to 1800.
Geometry Early works to 1800.
Music theory 16th-17th centuries.
Géométrie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Geometry.
Music theory.
Music Theory 16th-17th centuries.

Form/genre:

Early works.

Added entries:

Ptolemy, fl. 2nd. cent.
Fludd, Robert, 1574-1637.
Planck, Johann, active 1615-1627.
Planck, Johann fl. 1615-1627

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 1554
Call No.: W11292
Status: Available

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