Astronomy.- Scheiner (Christoph) Refractiones coelestes sive solis elliptici phaenomenon illustra...

Astronomy.- Scheiner (Christoph) Refractiones coelestes sive solis elliptici phaenomenon illustratum, first edition, woodcut vignette to title, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, typographic head-pieces, E4 & P4 with closed tears and silked repairs, affecting text but no loss, endpapers renewed, modern calf-backed boards, [Brunet VI 486], small 4to, Ingolstadt, Ederiana for Elisabeth Angerma, 1617.*** First edition of this work wherein Scheiner calls attention to the elliptical form of the sun near the horizon.