‎MENESTRIER‎
‎Lettre d'un gentilhomme de province à une dame de qualité sur le sujet de la comète.‎

‎Paris, Estienne Michallet, 1681.‎

Reference : 18169


‎ Seule édition. Barbier attribue cette brochure à Claude-François Ménestrier. Il y réfute l'astrologie et toutes les prédictions que l'on peut faire à l'occasion de l'arrivée d'une comète ou d'un signe céleste. Cet érudit les énumére de l'an 400 jusqu'à la comète de 1665. L'astrologie "est réfutée par tous les plus grands hommes, tant anciens que modernes, comme une science vaine & trompeuse & qu'à l'égard de la nature des comètes les différentes opinions sont toutes incertaines." Il cite les théories pour les expliquer de Descartes, Kepler, Petit, Gassendi, etc... Des annotations de l'époque dans les marges. Rare. /// In-4 de (2), 21 pp. Cartonnage moderne. //// Only edition. Barbier attributes this brochure to Claude-François Ménestrier. In it, he refutes astrology and all the predictions that can be made on the occasion of the arrival of a comet or celestial sign. This scholar lists them from the year 400 to the comet of 1665. Astrology "is refuted by all the greatest men, both ancient and modern, as a vain & deceptive science & that with regard to the nature of comets the various opinions are all uncertain." He cites the explanatory theories of Descartes, Kepler, Petit, Gassendi, etc... Contemporary annotations in the margins. Rare. /// PLUS DE PHOTOS SUR WWW.LATUDE.NET‎

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