Michael Maestlin’s Manuscript Treatise on the Comet of 1618 An Edition and Translation of Manuscript WLB Stuttgart, Cod. Math. 4o 15b, Nr. 8

Michael Maestlin was a main protagonist of the astronomical and cosmological revolution between Copernicus and Galileo. This book presents the first-ever edition of his German manuscript treatise on the Great Comet of 1618, accompanied by an English translation with a full introduction and commentary.