L'usaige de l'astrolabe, avec un traicté de la sphére
by JACQUINOT, Dominique
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Paris, Barbé, Gazeau, Sertenas, 1545. *** Première édition, de loin la plus rare. C'est le premier traité sur l'astrolabe en français. Illustré par 38 gravures sur bois dans le texte. L'une est une volvelle (une gravure à deux parties mobiles). Le texte est élégamment imprimé en caractères romains, probablement des Garamond. Le dos a été restauré. Bel exemplaire. *** In-4 de (16), 84 ff. Veau, dos à nerfs orné, fleuron doré sur les plats au centre d'un encadrement doré. (Reliure de l'époque.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * First edition, far the rarest. This is the first book on the astrolabe in French. Illustrated by 38 woodcuts, whom one is a volvelle, with two moving parts. It begins with a brief description of the sphere and the usual circles of the equator, tropics, etc. The rest of the Jacquinot text is devoted to a detailed description of the astrolabe, with each piece being illustrated and its use in astronomy and surveying explained. The book is exquisitely printed in Roman letter, possibly a Garamond type. Mortimer, French, 328 - -.
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- L'usaige de l'astrolabe, avec un traicté de la sphére
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- JACQUINOT, Dominique
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- Paris, Barbé, Gazeau, Sertenas, 1545
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