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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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[DIALING -- MANUSCRIPT]. “Dialling.” [England, ca 1800].
20 leaves, 4to (283 x 183mm). Written in ink in brown cursive. Illustrated with 7 pen-and-ink drawings of dials and several tables. Modern marbled wrappers.
A practical manual on dialing with seven problems for making accurate sundials: “To draw an equinoctial dial or an horizontal dial under the poles,” “To draw a horizontal dial under the equinoctial,” “To draw a horizontal ideal for any latitude,” and how to draw direct dials in each of the four directions (South, North, East and West.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
