Lot 168
  • 168

FALE, HOROLOGIOGRAPHIA. THE ART OF DIALLING, LONDON, 1626

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Horologiographia. The art of dialling. London: Felix Kyngston, 1626
Second edition, small 4to (182 x 128mm.), printed title with dedication on verso, woodcut diagrams and illustrations by Jodocus Hondius, M2 and 3 folded at edge, modern vellum

Provenance

Robert ?Tyte, contemporary inscription on title; bought from Christopher Sokol, London, 1990

Literature

Tomash & Williams F15; ESTC S114620; STC 10679

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description, where appropriate
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Catalogue Note

"This is the second edition of the earliest work written in English on the design of sundials and related instruments. It was first published in 1593, and the table of sines that occupies the final [sixteen] unnumbered leaves ranks as the first trigonometric table published in England" (Tomash & Williams). This is Fale's only known publication.