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Lot 165
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 9, 2021
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SAMINIATI, Federico (fl. 1599). Tabulae astronomicae: quibus facile omnia capita, quae ad usum sphaerae primi mobilis praecipiuntur, confici possint... Fundamentum, apodixis... Methodus... quibus astronomiae studiosus, suo marte, per triangula plana & sphaerica omnes tabulas primi motus condere possit. Antwerp: Martinus Nutius, 1599.
4to (212 x 167 mm). 3 engraved folding plates; woodcut diagrams in-text. (Some overall browning.) Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges (spine reinforced in old vellum manuscript waste, some soiling, small loss to corner, lacking ties). Provenance: Sancte Marie Curtis Orlandingorum (early inscription on title).
FIRST EDITION of Samianti's rare astronomical treatise on determining location using dialing and tables for the sun at different ascension and descension points. The second part of the treatise deals with fundamental geometry for the construction of dials following astronomical protocols. Not in Adams; Riccardi 414-415.
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum