BEAUSARD, Pierre (1536-1577, editor). Annuli astronomici, instrumenti cum certissimi, Tum commodissimi, usus, ex variis aithoribus. Paris: Guillaume Cavallat, 1557.
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$900
Sold for $938
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Lot Description
BEAUSARD, Pierre (1536-1577, editor). Annuli astronomici, instrumenti cum certissimi, Tum commodissimi, usus, ex variis aithoribus. Paris: Guillaume Cavallat, 1557.
8vo (164 x 108mm). Woodcut device on title, woodcut illustrations, headpieces, initials, each treatise with separate section title. (Title lightly soiled; some minor marginal staining and spotting; final blank with short internal tear.) Provenance: "Io: Delphini" (early signature on title-margin); faint de-accession? stamp on title verso.
Second edition of this collection of treatises on astronomy, edited by Pierre Beausard, professor of Mathematics at the University of Louvain. The work was first published in Antwerp in 1553. The authors include Gemma Frisius, Johann Dryander, Joannes Regiomontanus, de Latus Bonetus, Burkhard Mithob and Oronce Fine. Adams A-1169; Houzeau and Lancaster 2589.
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