Authors: I. Jankovics, J. Horváth, I.J. Vincze
Gothard Astrophysical Observatory of Eötvös Loránd University H-9707 Szombathely, Szent Imre Herceg u. 112. HUNGARY
The historical Gothard collection of library and scientific-technical instruments is a valuable inheritance of the Gothard Observatory. This makes it possible to provide a cultural and historical window to the development of scientific knowledge and thinking. The Gothard Observatory is eager to share the wonders this rich scientific treasury with collegauges of the ages of Networked Information.
Eugen von Gothard (1857-1909) was a prominent representative of the Hungarian scientific progress in the last two decades of the 19th century. He established his private observatory in 1881 and till the turn of the 20th century continued a remarkable career as a gentleman astronomer in the best tradition of Europe. The work at Herény Observatory was chiefly in the field of astronomical photography and astrospectroscopy and he made many important discoveries by these method.
Besides his observational work, he found great pleasure in collecting old astronomical books. In his library the several curiosity of books were among the periodicals, books and volumes of his period. Inheritance of Gothard the library contained 2964 units of books, periodicals, volumes, astronomical atlases and catalogue in 1918.
After the years of vicissitudes at present the Gothard Observatory have 10 unique astronomical books.
J. Bayer: Uranometria (Ulm, 1661) (1)
G.B. Riccioli: Almagestum novum (Bologna, 1651) (1)
G.B. Riccioli: Astronomia reformata (Bologna, 1665) (1)
J. Hevelius: Selenographia (Gedani, 1647) (1),(2),(3)
Ch. Scheiner: Rosa Ursina, sive Sol... (Bracciano, 1630) (1),(2)
A. Curtius: Historia coelestis... (Augsburg, 1666) (1),(2)
I.J. Marinonio: De astronomica specula domestica... (Viennae, 1745) (1)
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