Delfino, mathematici praestantissimi, [Venice], Accademia Veneziana, 1559, modern dark brown morocco

Delfino, Federico. Federici Delphini…De fluxu et refluxu aquae maris, subtilis et erudita disputatio. Eiusdem De motu octauae sphaerae. [Venice]: Accademia Veneziana, 1559

The present work was printed with the volvelles on a separate quire (usually called χ4), which were intended to be cut out and pasted over the relevant diagram in quire E, as seen in the present copy. Delfino (ca. 1477-1547) taught astronomy, astrology, and mathematics at Padua.

Folio (300 x 205 mm). Roman type, 35 lines plus headline. collation: a⁴ A-C⁴ D² E-H⁴ (lacking quire χ, but with the volvelles having been cut out and attached to the relevant diagram in quire E): 34 leaves. Engraved device on title-page, eight diagrams, seven volvelles attached with green thread, volvelles. (Lacking one volvelle, and one volvelle detached.)

binding: Modern dark brown morocco (309 x 214 mm), covers tooled blind, upper cover with title lettered in gilt, lower cover tooled blind, spine with bands in six compartments tooled blind. (A trifle rubbed.)

provenance: Pierre Duhem (1861-1916), bookplate to verso of initial blank — Albert Ehrman (1890-1969), initials “AE” stamped in purple and Bibliotheca Broxbourniana donation bookplate dated 17 March 1949 to recto of rear free endpaper — John Ehrman (1920-2011), bookplate to front pastedown; sale of the Broxbourne Library, Sotheby's London, 8-9 May 1978, lot 664. acquisition: Purchased at Sotheby's via Martin Breslauer Inc. references: UCLA 600; Edit16 16437; Mortimer, Harvard Italian 150; Renouard 275/21