Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts]

Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.

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Mather, Increase, 1639-1723. and Sherman, John, 1613-1685., 2004, Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets; wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration; and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. ; [Three lines of Scripture texts], CLARIN DSpace, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/N00277.

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dc.contributor.author	Mather, Increase, 1639-1723.
dc.contributor.author	Sherman, John, 1613-1685.
dc.coverage.placeName	Boston, Massachusetts
dc.date.accessioned	2018-05-25
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-22T15:19:31Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-22T15:19:31Z
dc.date.created	1683
dc.date.issued	2004-12
dc.description.abstract	First word of title transliterated from the Greek. Preface by John Sherman. Signatures: A^8(-A1) B-K^8 (K7 verso, K8 blank) A-E^8. Variant states of several sheets noted: outer C (p. 27, line 18: AEgy,t Aegypt) inner C (p. 32, line 1: Persian Persiau) outer G (p. 83, headline and line 25: page no. at inner margin and W in Wickliffs absent page no. at inner margin and W in Wickliffs present page no. at outer margin and W in Wickliffs present) inner G (p. 88-89: catchword on p. 88 is 'holding' and line 27 begins 'the Turks ...' catchword on p. 88 is 'the' and line 27 begins 'remember that I have ...') inner I (p. 125: page is numbered 225 in some copies, 125 in others). Errata note, p. 143. "Heaven's alarm to the world. Or A sermon ... by Increase Mather. The second impression ... 1682."--[8], 38, [2], 32 p., with separate title page. First issued separately (Evans 320). This includes "The latter sign discoursed of, in a sermon ... by Increase Mather ..." ([2], 32 p., Evans 321), also with separate title page.
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dc.subject.lcsh	Comets -- Religious aspects.
dc.subject.lcsh	Astronomy.
dc.subject.lcsh	Sermons -- 1680.
dc.subject.lcsh	Sermons -- 1682.
dc.title	Kometographia. Or A discourse concerning comets wherein the nature of blazing stars is enquired into: with an historical account of all the comets which have appeared from the beginning of the world unto this present year, M.DC.LXXXIII. : Expressing the place in the heavens, where they were seen, their motion, forms, duration and the remarkable events which have followed in the world, so far as thay have been by learned men observed. : As also two sermons occasioned by the late blazing stars. / By Mr. Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in New-England. [Three lines of Scripture texts]
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