|
Auktionshaus Kiefer
Steubenstraße 36
75172 Pforzheim
Telefon 07231 / 92 32 0
http://www.kiefer.de
Auction 136:
Translator:
Auction 115
Context information
|
|
Search items
facebook
Kiefer.de - Newsletter
|
You are actually browsing a previous auction.
Items shown are not availble to buy or to place a bid.
115-309 Padovani,G.
Dichiaratione et vso dell'horoscopio. 4. Aufl. Verona, Discepolo 1592. 4°. Mit Holzschn.-Druckerm., -Diagrammen u. Initialen. (Ohne Falttaf.). 86 S., 1 Bl. Kart. d. 19. Jh. mit Marmorpapier. (Etw. randrissig). Edit16 CNCE 33450. - The 'Horoscopio' was a form of clock which he devised not to keep time but, as shown in the first part, to calculate what the hour might be at different times of day or night. The second part reveals some of the other 'secrets' of his 'marvellous instrument,' such as how to find the height of the sun's meridian or the elevation of the pole. - Es fehlt die Falttaf. Tls. leicht stockfl. - Sehr selten. - Woodcut device on title, pp. 86, (2), with woodcut diagrams an numerical plates in the text, lacking as often the folding woodcut plate at the end.
|
Next auction 136 takes place in December 4-6, 2024
NEW:
KIEFER Pforzheim
Tel. +49 (0)7231 / 9232-0
Similar items
|
|
|