Scanavacca, Bartologmeo

NOVISSIMA INVENTIONE PER DISSEGNARE CON GRANDISSIMA FACILITA, E PRESTEZZA HOROLOGI SOLARI...[sundials]

Bernado Luciani: Padova, 1688. Paperback. Very Good. Item #99-8929

Tables ("Tabole per Dissegnare Holologii Solari Italiani Verticali, o Murali..."); four folding plates by Girolamo Gradenigo, 8.75 x 6.5", vellum tied paper wraps, 136pp, covers a bit worn, darkened and soiled, middle third of spine cover missing, old blue crayon number and a couple of red marks inside front cover, contents finger soiled, folding plate with insect hole but still a nicely preserved copy overall. Renaissance-era book on the workings of sundials as perpetual calendars. SCARCE.

Price: $1,000.00