SCHÖNER, Andreas - Gnomonice. Hoc est de descriptionibus hor - Lot 223

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SCHÖNER, Andreas - Gnomonice. Hoc est de descriptionibus hor - Lot 223
SCHÖNER, Andreas - Gnomonice. Hoc est de descriptionibus horologiorum sciotericorum omnis generis. Nüremberg, Johannes Montanus and Ulrich Neuber, 1562. folio, 5 of [6] ff, CVIII ff, 150 woodcut geometric figures and 3 double-page plates, title missing, tear on f. A2 with loss of some letters, angular stain on several leaves, marginal wetness, paper yellowed, contemporary soft vellum with flaps. ADAMS S-677. HONEYMANN 2800. first edition dedicated to Maximilian II of Habsburg, future emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Andreas Schôner (Nuremberg 1528-1590) was in the service of Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel, who was a passionate astronomer. Treatise on the construction of astrolabes and sundials with several innovations.
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