Nuncius sydereus, or, The starry messenger for the year of our redemption, 1688 : and from the creation, according to Sacred Writ, 5637 : being bissextile, or leap-year : wherein is contained, (1) Astronomical and meteorological observations ... / by Henry Coley, student in the mathematicks, and the coelestial science.

The seventeenth impression.

London : Printed by A.G. for the Company of Stationers, 1688 [i.e. 1687]

[48] p. : ill., tables ; 8vo.

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Title continues: (2) The state of the year, deduced according to art, from the solar ingresses, eclipses, various configurations, aspects and conjunctions of the planets. (3) The rising and setting of the sun and moon: also her southing; together with many useful tables pertinent for such a work, accommodated to the meridian of London, which lies in the latitude of 51 deg. 32 min. north, but may indifferently serve (without sensible error) for any other part of Great Britain. To which is added, geographical descriptions: also an ephemeris of the diurnal motions and aspects of the planets; together with a table of houses for the aforesaid latitude, &c. the like (in all particulars) not extant in any other.

Title page and calendar in red and black.

'A.G.' is Alice Grover (Wing)

Signatures: A-C⁸.

Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), A1465
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R15440

Great Britain -- England -- London.

266272.3

FSL copy has armorial bookplate of Bryan Faussett inside front cover. Freehand ink drawings on fly leaves.