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Theatrum Cometicum / The Theatre of Comets, first published in 1666-68. Amsterdam.

Compiled by Polish historian and astronomer Stanislaw Lubieniecki, it provides accounts of over 400 comet sightings throughout history, and includes allegorical engraved title-pages, astronomical maps and diagrams, many of which are double-page fold out illustrations. © The University of Edinburgh