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MARINONI, GIOVANNI JACOPO DE. De astronomica specula domestica et organico apparatu astronomico libri duo. 43 folding plates of astronomical and scientific instruments; numerous illustrations in text, including 8 full-page. [24], 210, [4] pages, including engraved frontispiece and 2 leaves of errata at the end. Folio, 383x257 mm, contemporary 1/2 calf with morocco lettering piece, minor worming at top of spine, surface wear on covers; internally clean and bright, with only an unobtrusive signature and ink number on title, narrow strip torn from blank outer margin of second plate facing page 150, and bookplate removed from front pastedown. Vienna: Leopold Johann Kaliwoda, 1745
first edition. excellent copy of a handsomely produced description of the instruments at the first Viennese observatory, built atop the home of the imperial court mathematician Marinoni (1676-1755), "one of the most exquisitely illustrated astronomical works ever published" (Kenney). Advanced for its time, Marinoni's facility was equipped with various types of telescopes, quadrants, micrometers, and pendulum clocks. Kenney 115. Riccardi II, 119.
