De sphaera, et primis astronomiae rudimentis, libellus utilissimus [...].

Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1585

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8vo: 71-[1 bl.] pp. (toned, a single wormhole through 1st ff.).

18th-c. limp boards (soiled). Good copy.

Extr. rare ed. of an astronomy textbook by the Leuven professor Cornelius Valerius (1512-1578), published in the year of the Fall of Antwerp. Woodcut mark on title. 12 astronomical woodcuts or diagrams.
Ref. Voet (Plantin Press) 2407. - BT 4584. - Not in Adams, Anet, Limo, Sorgeloos.
Prov. Libr. stamps.