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BOSSE, Abraham (1604-1676), artist and engraver. Girard DESARGUES (1591-1661).

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BOSSE, Abraham (1604-1676), artist and engraver. Girard DESARGUES (1591-1661).

La Maniere Universelle de Mr. Desargues Lyonnois, Pour Poser L'essieu, & placer les heures & autres choses aux Cadrans au Soleil. Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes, 1643.

8vo (175 x 125 mm). Engraved allegorical title-page, engraved dedication, engraved title-page, 66 engraved plates. (Some staining, some annotations.) Contemporary vellum (some soiling, some light wear, book seller’s description pasted to front flyleaf).

FIRST EDITION of this important manual for setting up sundials, including many engraved diagrams of sundials by artist and engraver Abraham Bosse. Berlin Kat. 4716; Brunet I, 1127; Cicognara 817; Fowler 56.

Property from the Thomas Sills Trust, Chicago. Illinois

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