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GALLUCCI, Giovanni Paolo (1538-c.1621). Della fabrica et uso di diversi stromenti di astronomia et cosmografia. Venice: Ruberto Meietti, 1597.
4° (mm). Engraved title within architectonic frame, very numerous woodcut diagrams, many of which full-page, 3 with moveable parts on Pp1r, Pp1v and Qq1r. (Moveable parts to Qq1r loose and contained within envelope, dedication leaf trimmed at head to remove ownership inscription and just into text, tiny marginal chip to title, short marginal tear to B1, tiny marginal nick to K1, corner chipped to Eee1, natural paper flaw in Aa1 with short marginal tear, some variable light, insignificant staining throughout.) Modern vellum. Provenance: ownership inscription clipped from head of dedication. Provenance: Sotheby’s 14 December 1981, lot 190.
FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive work on the instruments that were available to Galileo at the end of the 16th century. Adams G-7166; Houzeau & Lancaster 2724; Riccardi I, 570-571.
4° (mm). Engraved title within architectonic frame, very numerous woodcut diagrams, many of which full-page, 3 with moveable parts on Pp1r, Pp1v and Qq1r. (Moveable parts to Qq1r loose and contained within envelope, dedication leaf trimmed at head to remove ownership inscription and just into text, tiny marginal chip to title, short marginal tear to B1, tiny marginal nick to K1, corner chipped to Eee1, natural paper flaw in Aa1 with short marginal tear, some variable light, insignificant staining throughout.) Modern vellum. Provenance: ownership inscription clipped from head of dedication. Provenance: Sotheby’s 14 December 1981, lot 190.
FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive work on the instruments that were available to Galileo at the end of the 16th century. Adams G-7166; Houzeau & Lancaster 2724; Riccardi I, 570-571.
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