CLAVIUS, Christophorus. Gnomonices Libri Octo.Roma, Francesco Zanetti, 1581
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folio, mm. 330x230; Contemporary full vellum binding; pp. 16, 654, 2. Nice Titlepage engraved on copper in architectural frame e bunches of fruit, title to the center; in the text hundreds of geometrical figures engraved in wood and depictions of various types of solar clocks. Text pages num. 644 and 653 have not been impressed by default typeface, and the text was completed in ink by hand coeval; the same hand adds design at the margin of the p. 197 and perfected with further additions in the illustration geometric text p. 412.
VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION ILLUSTRATED. An excellent example with action manuscript of contemporary hand made by a scholar who knows the subject. The author of integration corrects an error of typography on his own hand, reproducing the entire text of two pages that were not printed; also bears two important additions, tracing a design on 197, in relation to the clock italics horizontal, and completing the graph illustrating a problem creating clock italics vertical, on page 412.
This powerful work of German Jesuit C. Schlussel, dedicated to King Stephen of Poland, it is the most comprehensive treaty on gnomonics appeared in the sixteenth century, and established himself as the "classic" on the subject later in life. Houzeau-Lancaster: “C'est le plus grand ouvrage existant sur la gnomonique”.
Clavius, sapientissimo gesuita di Bamberg naturalizzato cittadino romano, soprannominato “L'Euclide del XVI secolo”, è celebre oltre che per le sue opere matematiche anche per aver dato un contributo fondamentale alla riforma del calendario giuliano e alla formulazione di quello gregoriano.
Houzeau-Lancaster, n. 11383; Zeitlinger, n. 817; S.T.C. of Ital. Books, p. 186; Brunet, II, 92; De Backer-Sommervogel, II, 1215, n. 3.
Condition Report: Some dampstain on margins, otherwise good conservation.Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione/The lot is offered with a valid export licence.
VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION ILLUSTRATED. An excellent example with action manuscript of contemporary hand made by a scholar who knows the subject. The author of integration corrects an error of typography on his own hand, reproducing the entire text of two pages that were not printed; also bears two important additions, tracing a design on 197, in relation to the clock italics horizontal, and completing the graph illustrating a problem creating clock italics vertical, on page 412.
This powerful work of German Jesuit C. Schlussel, dedicated to King Stephen of Poland, it is the most comprehensive treaty on gnomonics appeared in the sixteenth century, and established himself as the "classic" on the subject later in life. Houzeau-Lancaster: “C'est le plus grand ouvrage existant sur la gnomonique”.
Clavius, sapientissimo gesuita di Bamberg naturalizzato cittadino romano, soprannominato “L'Euclide del XVI secolo”, è celebre oltre che per le sue opere matematiche anche per aver dato un contributo fondamentale alla riforma del calendario giuliano e alla formulazione di quello gregoriano.
Houzeau-Lancaster, n. 11383; Zeitlinger, n. 817; S.T.C. of Ital. Books, p. 186; Brunet, II, 92; De Backer-Sommervogel, II, 1215, n. 3.
Condition Report: Some dampstain on margins, otherwise good conservation.Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione/The lot is offered with a valid export licence.
