[Rarebooks] FS: Padovani's treatise on astronomy & horology. Venice: 1582

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(SCIENCE) Padovani, Giovanni. ...DE COMPOSITIONE & USU MULTIFORMIUM HOROLOGIORUM SOLARIUM AD OMNES TOTUS ORBIS REGIONES... Venice: Franciscum Francisium Senensem. 1582. 4to. (12),267 (i.e., 263),(17)pp. With the final two leaves of errata, this copy has been corrected by an early hand, in the text. Woodcut device on title, and text illustrated with numerous woodcut diagrams. Orig. limp vellum, spine lettered by hand. Front blank with early manuscript calculations, and text with some early marginal notes. Some light text soiling, but overall very good.    $1,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Treatise on astronomy, horology and sundials. As in all copies, pages 5-265 are incorrectly numbered 9-267. Riccardi, column 232 & 233. Bromley. THE CLOCKMAKERS' LIBRARY #638, This is the second edition, much enlarged after the first edition of 1570, 

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