Apr 28, 2005 - Sale 2040

Sale 2040 - Lot 50

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Estimate: $ 10,000 - $ 15,000
FLUDD, ROBERT. Utriusque cosmi maioris scilicent et minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica historia. Volume 1, parts 1 and 2, in one volume. Double-page engraved macrocosmic diagram included in pagination in part 1; 6 engraved plates in part 2; engraved or woodcut text illustrations throughout of machinery, clockwork, surveying procedures, fortifications, and musical instruments and theory, possibly after designs by Fludd. [4], 206, [6]; 788, [10] pages, including engraved titles and 2 blanks. Folio, early 19th-century Spanish 1/4 sheep gilt; occasional toning, some leaves browned, lower outer corner of 3L4 restored slightly affecting illustration, one plate reinforced in corner on verso. Oppenheim: Hieronymus Gallerus for Johann Theodor de Bry, 1617-18
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