‎"THE COMET OF 1702. - MARALDI, G.F., DE LA HIRE, BIANCHINI, CASSINI, CASSINI LE FILS.‎
‎Observation d'un nouveau Phenomene, faite le 2 de Mars 1702. (Maraldi) + Observations d'une nouvelle Comete qui a paru au mois d'Avril & au mois de May de cette année 1702. à l'Observatoire. Avex quelques Remarques sur les Cometes. Par M. de...‎

‎(Paris, Jean Boudot, 1704). 4to. Without wrappers. Extracted from ""Mémoires de l'Academie des Sciences"". Année 1702. Pp. 101-134 and 4 folded engraved plates (celestial maps).‎

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‎First printing of these 5 papers accounting the observations of the comet. Bianchini and Maraldi discovered the comet in the morning sky on April 20, 1702. The comet was a short distance above the horizon and was said to resemble a ""nebulous star"".An independent discovery was made by Maria Margarethe Kirch (Berlin, Germany on April 21, 1702 and by Philippe de la Hire (Paris, France) on April 24. The last observation of the comet was made by Bianchini and Maraldi on May 5, 1702.‎