MAIGNAN, Emmanuel (1601-1676). Perspectiva horaria sive de horographia gnomonica tum theoretica, tum practica libri quatuor, Rome: Philipp Rubei, 1648, 2° (329 x 217mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, vignette portrait of Cardinal Spada at head of dedication, 43 engraved plates, 2 engraved folding plates and one folding table, numerous woodcuts and engravings in the text (frontispiece detached at lower inner gutter, lightly browned, some margins dampstained affecting small part of one plate, few short marginal tears, occasional browning & spotting), contemporary calf, spine decorated in gilt (lower front hinges cracked, worn), sprinkled edges. [Sotheran I, 2779].

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MAIGNAN, Emmanuel (1601-1676). Perspectiva horaria sive de horographia gnomonica tum theoretica, tum practica libri quatuor, Rome: Philipp Rubei, 1648, 2° (329 x 217mm.), FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece, vignette portrait of Cardinal Spada at head of dedication, 43 engraved plates, 2 engraved folding plates and one folding table, numerous woodcuts and engravings in the text (frontispiece detached at lower inner gutter, lightly browned, some margins dampstained affecting small part of one plate, few short marginal tears, occasional browning & spotting), contemporary calf, spine decorated in gilt (lower front hinges cracked, worn), sprinkled edges. [Sotheran I, 2779].

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"An important and richly illustrated book. Besides the section on horology, this book contains a system of optics with an early theory of the refraction of light. There are numerous illustrations of opitcal instruments and the last 20 pages contain an account of grinding and polishing lenses with illustrations of the machines usewd for it." (Dawson)

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