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PORTIUS, Simon (d. 1554). De rerum naturalium principiis libri duo. Naples: Giovanni Maria Scoto, 1561. 4° (202 x 146mm.). Woodcut printer's device on title. (Damage to title resulting from erased signatures.) Contemporary limp vellum. Adams P-1964. -- Muzio ODDI (1569-1639). De gli horologi solarinelle superficie piane. Milan: Giacomo Lantoni, 1614. 4° (194 x 141mm.) Woodcut title vignette, full-page woodcut of coat-of-arms, 61 woodcut diagramatic illustrations. (Leaves from title to D1 with worming to upper blank margin, stain to upper margin.) Contemporary vellum, g.e. (ties lacking, upper inner hinge split). Provenance: Unidentified early armorial ownership stamp. -- LEINKER. Electricitas. Nuremberg: G. P. Monatu, 1758. 4° (225 x 180mm.). 12 leaves, A1-c4. Engraved title vignette. (Some soiling.) Unbound and uncut. Provenance: unidentified ownership stamp. -- [Ornance FINÉ (1494-1555)]. Description de l'horloge planetaire que feu Monseigneur Charles de Lorraine a fait faire par la conduite et de l'Invention. [N.p.: circa 1630]. 4° (220 x 173mm.). 4 leaves. (Browning.) Unbound. Cf. H. C. King, Geared to the stars, p.67; Brunet II.1261 (for a similar description dated 1533). -- With one other work ([A. A. TARDY DE MONTRAVEL]. Essai sur la théorie du somnambulisme magnétique. 'Londres': 1785. 8°). (5)