PICCOLOMINI, Alessandro. Della Sfera del Mondo, divisa in libri quattro. … Delle Stelle Fisse libro uno con le sue figure et con le sue tavole, dove con maravigliosa agevolezza potrà ciascuno conoscere qualunque stella delle quarantotto imagini...
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del Cielo stellato.[At the end:] Venezia, Bartholomeo Cesano, 1553
2 parts in one vol. 4to, mm. 200x150; Contemporary full vellum binding; leaves 58, 122, [4]; Armillary sphere at the two Title Pages, inhabited and illustrated initials, numerous woodcuts in the text with figures and astronomical instruments,
48 full-page woodcuts with stellar pages in the second half.
VALUABLE RICHLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION.
In this work, Piccolomini summarizes the astronomical knowledge of the time with elegance and rigor of the language of science. The numerous woodcuts in the text of the Treaties which constitute the first part illustrates the circles of the armillary sphere, explain the phenomenon of lunar eclipse and depict in detail the astrolabe. The forty-eight woodcuts at full page of the second part, depict the stars and the positions of the constellations in different eras and hours. Riccardi: "clarity, good order and beautiful style with which it There are, exhibited the knowledge that then you had around the constitution of the universe, make reason of the wide circulation of this work."
Houzeau-Lancaster, n. 2491; Zeitlinger, n.3654; Riccardi, II, 269.
Excellent condition. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
2 parts in one vol. 4to, mm. 200x150; Contemporary full vellum binding; leaves 58, 122, [4]; Armillary sphere at the two Title Pages, inhabited and illustrated initials, numerous woodcuts in the text with figures and astronomical instruments,
48 full-page woodcuts with stellar pages in the second half.
VALUABLE RICHLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION.
In this work, Piccolomini summarizes the astronomical knowledge of the time with elegance and rigor of the language of science. The numerous woodcuts in the text of the Treaties which constitute the first part illustrates the circles of the armillary sphere, explain the phenomenon of lunar eclipse and depict in detail the astrolabe. The forty-eight woodcuts at full page of the second part, depict the stars and the positions of the constellations in different eras and hours. Riccardi: "clarity, good order and beautiful style with which it There are, exhibited the knowledge that then you had around the constitution of the universe, make reason of the wide circulation of this work."
Houzeau-Lancaster, n. 2491; Zeitlinger, n.3654; Riccardi, II, 269.
Excellent condition. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
