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STOEFFLER, JOHANN. Elucidatio fabrica ususq[ue] astrolabii. Woodcut text illustrations and diagrams; 2 folding tables. [8], 172 leaves; lacks T5-6 and V2-7 (all replaced with meticulous pen-and-ink facsimiles on wove paper). 8vo, later 19th-century 1/4 morocco, joints starting; varying light foxing or browning, occasional marginal dampstaining, old scored inscriptions and repaired clean tear across title. Bookplates of Jules Sottas, Pierre Bellamy, and Albert Pimpinelli. Paris: Jacques Quesnel, 1619
Treatise on the construction and use of the astrolabe first published in 1512. Gunther, page 567-69 ("the earliest German work on the subject . . . also the best"); Houzeau & Lancaster 3256.
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