Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 153

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
MOLETO [or MOLETI], GIUSEPPE. L'Efemeridi . . . per Anni VIII. Le quali cominciano dall'anno corrente . . . 1563. & si terminano alla fine dell'anno 1580. Woodcut text diagrams throughout. [16], 240, [504] pages. 4to, 223x176 mm, contemporary limp vellum with remnants of thong ties, soiled overall with indistinct contemporary ink drawing on front cover, contents loose in binding, backstrip missing portion at bottom; opening leaves dampstained in margins and dog-eared in lower outer corners, occasional toning and soiling, 17th-century astrological chart in ink on front free endpaper, author's name and title in ink on top edges. Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1563

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first edition of the author's first collection of astronomical tables. Cantamessa 2889; Houzeau & Lancaster 14779 Riccardi I/2, 164.