BRAHE, TYCHO.

Original hadwritten signature, in full.

      - (Uranienborg, Denmark, between 1575 and 1600). The signature is written on 16th cent. paper, cut out from one of Brahe's books, measuring 8,3 x 14,4 cm. This piece of paper is mounted on a 19th cent. piece of paper, measuring 17,4 x 21,9 pp., on which is written in 18th cent. hand in German: ". (?) Unterschrift der hochberühmten Astronom Tÿcho Brahe-/ vorn in einer von seine auf Uranienburg gedrückte Schriften, die er jemand überreicht hat, stand obenstehender EIGENHÄNDIG von ihm geschrieben -/ es sit/ d:dt:/ Tÿcho Brahe" (".(?) signature of the highly famous astronomer Tycho Brahe-/ at the front of one of his works printed at Uranienburg, which he has given to someone, the above was written by him in HIS OWN HAND -/ that is/ d:dt:/ Tÿcho Brahe").Over the signature, "Tycho Brahe", Brahe has written d:dt: (i.e. d[ono] d[edit], meaning "[Tycho Brahe] gave [this] as a gift). Exceedingly scarce original handwritten dedication with signature by the illustrious Danish astronomer, the founder of modern observational astronomy, taken out from one of Brahe's works printed at his printing press located at his observatory Uranienborg on the island of Hven.Signatures by Brahe are of the greatest scarcity.