[Rarebooks] FS: Giovanni Padovani on the Measurement of Time. Verona: 1590.

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(MATHEMATICS) Padovani, Giovanni. DELLA COMPUTATIONE DE TEMPI. Ove Si 
Mostra l'Utilit a Che Si Riceve dal Moto de Lumi Celesti can la Detrattione di 
Quei Dieci Giorni Fatta l'Anno 1582... Al Molto Illustre, & Reverendissimo 
Signor Bertucio Valerio. Verona: Appresso Girolamo Discepolo. 1590. Sm. 4to. 
97,(3)pp. (including a 12-page lunar/solar calendar in table form). Index. 
Title and calendar printed in red & black. Title page with a large woodcut 
bishop's coat-of-arms. Cont. limp vellum, a few minor chips, hand lettered 
spine. Rare.     $2,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
The author's (b. ca. 1512) own Italian translation of his work which first 
appeared in Latin in 1586. Riccardi I (2) 234 (calling him one of the most 
scholarly and industrious astronomers of the 16th century). Not in BMC or 
Adams.

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