Acknowledgments
This work was supported by a grant from the National Science Centre, Poland (research project 2022/45/B/HS2/01037). The initial stages of this research began during my graduate studies at Columbia University, under the mentorship of Professors Sylvie Lefèvre and Souleymane Bachir Diagne. A research stay at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Paris laid the groundwork for this critical edition. I would like to express my gratitude to the dedicated staff of the Austrian National Library, the British Library, the Library and Archives of the Condé Museum in Chantilly, and the French National Library for their invaluable assistance. My heartfelt thanks to Luís Campos Ribeiro, Jean Dupèbe, and David Juste for generously sharing their time and expert knowledge in the science of the stars. I am particularly grateful to Gabriela Badea, Anna Loba, Florin Morar, Dan Siserman, Maria Wenglinsky, and Eugen Wohl for their friendship and insightful suggestions. I am also grateful for the professionalism and support of the team at Brill, including Arjan van Dijk, Ivo Romein, and Leen Spruit, as well as for the constructive feedback from the two anonymous reviewers. Any remaining errors are my own. I dedicate this work to my wife, Lipsa.