Lot n° 389

ZUBLER, Leonhardt.- Fabrica et usus instrumenti chorographici. Das ist, Newe Planimetrische Beschreibung : Wie man mit einem leichten un[d] geringen Instrument alle Stätt, Gärten, Weyher und Landschafften, jedes in sein gewisse Lägerstatt und...

Estimation : 400 / 500
Adjudication : 400 €
Description
Proportion auffreissen und verjüngen soll [...].
Basel, Ludwig König, 1607.
In-4° : [12]-39 pp. (marginal tears in the 2 first lvs, some small marginal foxing or stains except larger on pp. 27-29, last 2 pp. lightly browned).
Modern binding : vellum, flat spine, guards of parchment. In a slipcase.
FIRST EDITION of this work describing a newly invented scientific instrument for land surveying, by Zubler (1563-1609), Swiss mathematician.
Illustrated with 1 black and red title within an architectural frame with 2 characters on the sides, 1 coat of arms on the verso of title-page and with 13 engravings showing practical examples and drawing perspective.
# Kat. Berlin 1714; # VD 17 12:163800L; # not in Cicognara nor in Brunet.
Édition originale de cet ouvrage décrivant un nouvel instrument d'arpentage. Titre dans un encadrement architectural et 13 in texto. Plein vélin moderne (déch. marg. aux 2 prem. ff., grandes taches sur les pp. 27-29).
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