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[Plantin Press - Astronomy]
De sphaera, et primis astronomiae rudimentis, libellus utilissimus [...].
Antwerp, Chr. Plantin, 1585
€ 1.200 / 1.400
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Beschrijving lot
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.