Clavius, Astrolabium, Rome, 1593, contemporary vellum

CLAVIUS, CHRISTOPH

Astrolabium. Rome: Tipografia Gabiana for Bartolomeo Grassi, 1593

FIRST EDITION, 4to (216 x 153mm.), woodcut of an astrolabe on title, woodcut diagrams, a few full-page, contemporary vellum, text browned and spotted, slight stain at head of pages, occasional slight worming (more pronounced at pp.543-573, affecting headline and with loss of a few letters of text)

LITERATURE:

Edit16 12681; Tomash & Williams C96; USTC 822860

PROVENANCE:

"Ludovici Garini", inscription on title; bought from Rogers Turner, London, 1999, Catalogue 120, item 20, £1850; Erwin Tomash, booklabel