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Piccolomini, Alessandro
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 USD
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Description
De la sfera del mondo ... delle stelle fisse. Venice: Nicolò Bevilacqua, 1561
4to (8¼ x 5⅞ in.; 210 x 150 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title repeated on last page, 47 full-page woodcut star maps (misnumbered "48"), woodcut text diagrams; marginal worming in title and following 3 leaves, some light marginal spotting and soiling. Modern limp vellum.
4to (8¼ x 5⅞ in.; 210 x 150 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title repeated on last page, 47 full-page woodcut star maps (misnumbered "48"), woodcut text diagrams; marginal worming in title and following 3 leaves, some light marginal spotting and soiling. Modern limp vellum.
Provenance
Francesco Federighi (Seventeenth-century manuscript exlibris on front free endpaper)
Literature
Riccardi I:270
Catalogue Note
Sixth edition of his highly popular cosmography and star atlas.