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WERNER, JOHANN. 1468-1522. Canones sicut brevissimi, ita etiam doctissimi, complectentes praecepta & observationes de mutatione aurae. Nuremberg: J. Montanus & U. Neuber, 1546.
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WERNER, JOHANN. 1468-1522.
Canones sicut brevissimi, ita etiam doctissimi, complectentes praecepta & observationes de mutatione aurae. Nuremberg: J. Montanus & U. Neuber, 1546.
4to (200 x 137 mm). [20] ff: A-E4, last leaf blank. 2 woodcut initials. Modern vellum. Minor soiling on verso of last leaf, otherwise fine.
Provenance: manuscript annotations in an early hand, titled "Aphorismi Astrologiae," on recto of last leaf.
FIRST EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT METEROLOGICAL TEXT. One of the rarest works by the mathematician and astronomer Johann Werner, and a pioneering contribution to environmental science at the height of the scientific revolution. Werner, a priest in Nuremberg, was the first to make regular observations of weather conditions in Germany; together with Tycho Brahe, he pioneered the practice of collecting meteorological data for scientific purposes. "In meteorology Werner paved the way for a scientific interpretation. Meteorology and astrology were connected, but he nevertheless attempted to explain this science rationally ... The 'guidelines that explain the principles and observations of the changes in the atmosphere,' published [posthumously] in 1546 by Johann Schöner, contain meteorological notes for 1513-1520. The weather observations are based mainly on stellar constellations, and hence the course of the moon is of less importance. Although Werner did not collect the data systematically, as Tycho Brahe did, he attempted to incorporate meteorology into physics and to take into consideration the geographical situation of the observational site. Thus he can be regarded as a pioneer of modern meteorology and weather forecasting" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography).
This pamphlet by Werner is rare, with only three copies in the United States cited in OCLC (UC San Diego, Yale, U. Michigan). Our copy appears to be the first on the market since the Honeyman copy sold in 1981.
4to (200 x 137 mm). [20] ff: A-E4, last leaf blank. 2 woodcut initials. Modern vellum. Minor soiling on verso of last leaf, otherwise fine.
Provenance: manuscript annotations in an early hand, titled "Aphorismi Astrologiae," on recto of last leaf.
FIRST EDITION OF AN IMPORTANT METEROLOGICAL TEXT. One of the rarest works by the mathematician and astronomer Johann Werner, and a pioneering contribution to environmental science at the height of the scientific revolution. Werner, a priest in Nuremberg, was the first to make regular observations of weather conditions in Germany; together with Tycho Brahe, he pioneered the practice of collecting meteorological data for scientific purposes. "In meteorology Werner paved the way for a scientific interpretation. Meteorology and astrology were connected, but he nevertheless attempted to explain this science rationally ... The 'guidelines that explain the principles and observations of the changes in the atmosphere,' published [posthumously] in 1546 by Johann Schöner, contain meteorological notes for 1513-1520. The weather observations are based mainly on stellar constellations, and hence the course of the moon is of less importance. Although Werner did not collect the data systematically, as Tycho Brahe did, he attempted to incorporate meteorology into physics and to take into consideration the geographical situation of the observational site. Thus he can be regarded as a pioneer of modern meteorology and weather forecasting" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography).
This pamphlet by Werner is rare, with only three copies in the United States cited in OCLC (UC San Diego, Yale, U. Michigan). Our copy appears to be the first on the market since the Honeyman copy sold in 1981.