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Pierre de Sainte Marie Magdeleine (fl. late 17th century) Traité d'Horlogiographie.
Lyon: Leonard Plaignard, 1691.
Fourth edition, octavo, a6, A-V8, X2, illustrated with engraved title and seventy-two engravings (of which two are folding) bound after the text, in full contemporary calfskin boards, quite worn, with joints cracked, and loss at head and tail, gilt-tooled spine; small marginal waterstain, 6 x 3 3/4 in.
Hardy, page 220; Houzeau & Lancaster 11455.
In this broad-reaching work, the author describes how to make and place sun dials in great detail with a series of fine illustrations and charts. He also touches upon calendrical calculations, constellations, palm-reading, and much on determining the angle of the sun at different times of the year and latitudes.
