Clavius, Fabrica et usus instrumenti ad horologiorum descriptionem, Rome, 1586, old vellum

CLAVIUS, CHRISTOPH

Fabrica et usus instrumenti ad horologiorum descriptionem peropportuni. Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi (Giacomo Ruffinelli), 1586

FIRST EDITION, 4to (220 x 153mm.), woodcut illustrations and diagrams, 28 full-page, old ownership inscription partially erased, old vellum (a remboitage), modern folding cloth box, new endpapers, binding rebacked

LITERATURE:

Edit16 12677; Tomash & Williams C99; USTC 822868

PROVENANCE:

bought from Luigi Gonnelli & figli, Florence, 1993, Catalogue 33, item 330, $2400; Erwin Tomash, booklabel