STOEFFLER, Johann. Elucidatio Fabricae Ususque Astrolabii, Paris: apud Gulielmum Cauellat, 1553, 8°, woodcut diagrams and illustrations (lacking 2 folding tables, some illustrations a little cropped, A2 holed at lower margin, F8r and several others leaves slightly soiled or stained, final leaf cleanly but severely torn and clumsily repaired), contemporary vellum (crinkled) [Adams S1889] Provenance: Tables with some early annotation in Arabic script; Jose Menendez Pidal y Alvarez (bookplate)

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STOEFFLER, Johann. Elucidatio Fabricae Ususque Astrolabii, Paris: apud Gulielmum Cauellat, 1553, 8°, woodcut diagrams and illustrations (lacking 2 folding tables, some illustrations a little cropped, A2 holed at lower margin, F8r and several others leaves slightly soiled or stained, final leaf cleanly but severely torn and clumsily repaired), contemporary vellum (crinkled) [Adams S1889] Provenance: Tables with some early annotation in Arabic script; Jose Menendez Pidal y Alvarez (bookplate)

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The most comprehensive treatise on the astrolabe in its time, first published at Oppenheim by Jacob Koebel, 1512-13.

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