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Astronomy - Fixlmillner, Placido. Meridianus speculae astronomicae Cremifanensis seu longitudo eius geographica per magnum illus solis deliquium, ipsis calendis Aprillis anni 1764 spectatum ... et adiectis pluribus aliis spectaculis caelestibus. With engraved title vignette and 3 folded copper plates. Steyr, G. Menhardt, 1765. 8 pp., 133 p. 24 x 18.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and rich spine gilt (somewhat rubbed). Rare first edition. - Poggendorff I, 756 - Kenney 57 (title illustrated) - Wurzbach IV, 261 - not in Houzeau-Lancaster. - Fixlmillner (1721-1791) studied theology and mathematics in Salzburg. After graduating, he became a priest and dean in Kremsmünster, where he became director of the observatory in 1762. - "Fixlmillner made significant contributions to astronomy; his precise observations of Mercury, which he carefully recorded, enabled Lalande to produce his Mercury tables." (Wurzbach). (Wurzbach) - Hardly stained, fine copy.
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Astronomy - Fixlmillner, Placido. Meridianus speculae astronomicae Cremifanensis seu longitudo eius geographica per magnum illus solis deliquium, ipsis calendis Aprillis anni 1764 spectatum ... et adiectis pluribus aliis spectaculis caelestibus. With engraved title vignette and 3 folded copper plates. Steyr, G. Menhardt, 1765. 8 pp., 133 p. 24 x 18.5 cm. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and rich spine gilt (somewhat rubbed). Rare first edition. - Poggendorff I, 756 - Kenney 57 (title illustrated) - Wurzbach IV, 261 - not in Houzeau-Lancaster. - Fixlmillner (1721-1791) studied theology and mathematics in Salzburg. After graduating, he became a priest and dean in Kremsmünster, where he became director of the observatory in 1762. - "Fixlmillner made significant contributions to astronomy; his precise observations of Mercury, which he carefully recorded, enabled Lalande to produce his Mercury tables." (Wurzbach). (Wurzbach) - Hardly stained, fine copy.
