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CLAVIUS, CHRISTOPHORUS, S. J. Fabrica et usus instrumenti ad horologiorum descriptionem peropportuni. Woodcut Jesuit device on title; 4 full-page woodcuts of sundials; numerous diagrams in text. 4, [4], 5-151, [3] pages, including final blank. 4to, 211x160 mm, contemporary limp vellum with spine title in ink and remnants of thong ties, small hole in spine; conspicuous stains on leaves in gatherings I and P, scattered foxing. Branded ownership mark of the Colegio de San Pedro Pascual de Religiosos Mercedarios de México (CCMF/BEFK-7006) on top edges. Rome: Bartolomeo Grassi for Giacomo Ruffinelli, 1586
