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JACQUINOT, Dominique. L'usaige de l'astrolabe avec un traicté de la sphere. Paris: J. Barbé, for J. Gazeau and V. Sertenas, 1545.
8o (190 x 129 mm). Ruled in red, printer's woodcut device (Renouard 31) on title, 38 woodcuts (one with volvelle) of astronomical instruments and diagrams in text. (b4 repaired affecting a small portion of the volvelle and 7 lines, approximately 10 words on verso supplied in an early manuscript facsimile, minor marginal worming at end.) Late 19th-century half vellum and marbled boards. Provenance: Harvard College Library (bookplate, small ink release stamp dated 1965).
FIRST EDITION of this "excellent treatise" (Gunther) on the use of the astrolabe for astronomical observations as well as for surveying operations. Jacquinot's publication, a clear and comprehenisve introduction in the use of the astrolabe, was based on Stoeffler's Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii, Oppenheim, 1513. The author dedicated it to Catherine de Medici, then Dauphine, "who in her scientific knowledge not only surpassed her contemporaries of her own sex, but also most men. In its preparation he had the advantage of the advice of M. Paschal du Hamel, the Regius Professor" (Gunther). The book is exquisitely printed in Roman letter, possibly a Garamond type. The woodcuts are fine examples of French Renaissance book illustration. Brunet Supplément I:668; Cioranescu 11761; Gunther Astrolabes of the World II, 203; Harvard/Mortimer French 328.
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FIRST EDITION of this "excellent treatise" (Gunther) on the use of the astrolabe for astronomical observations as well as for surveying operations. Jacquinot's publication, a clear and comprehenisve introduction in the use of the astrolabe, was based on Stoeffler's Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii, Oppenheim, 1513. The author dedicated it to Catherine de Medici, then Dauphine, "who in her scientific knowledge not only surpassed her contemporaries of her own sex, but also most men. In its preparation he had the advantage of the advice of M. Paschal du Hamel, the Regius Professor" (Gunther). The book is exquisitely printed in Roman letter, possibly a Garamond type. The woodcuts are fine examples of French Renaissance book illustration. Brunet Supplément I:668; Cioranescu 11761; Gunther Astrolabes of the World II, 203; Harvard/Mortimer French 328.