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Orontii Finei Delphinatis, regii mathematicarvm professoris, De solaribus horologiis & quadrantibus libri quatuor

Fine, Oronce, 1494-1555, Fine, Oronce, 1494-1555. Protomathesis · 1560 · Parisiis : Apud Gulielmum Cauellat, in pingui gallina ... · 24 pictures

A 1560 Paris edition of Oronce Fine's four-book treatise on sundials and quadrants, a scholarly mathematical text printed for astronomers and instrument makers. Its pictures are woodcut historiated initials with grotesque, foliate and beast ornament, plus a diagram of a spherical instrument with graduated scales, offering a designer dense Renaissance ornamental lettering and a clear armillary-style geometric figure.

Sundials · Astrolabes

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