Lot 45 
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VD 16, S 3458. - BM STC, German Books S. 792. - Adams S 677. – Zinner 2291. – Houzeau/Lanc. 11370. – Honeyman Coll. 2800. – Thorndike V, 369. – Zachert/Zeidler IV, 1499. – Weil Cat. 29, 255. - Erste Ausgabe der seltenen Monographie zur Gnomonik; Hauptwerk des Nürnberger Astronomen Andreas Schoener (1528-90), Sohn von Johann Schöner. „... deals partly with dialling and horology; the latter part of the work contains a treatise in finding the meridian, in which Schöner claims a solution of the problem without making use whatever of the mariner’s compass, and a short treatise on the Astrolab.“ (Weil) – Titel in Rot und Schwarz. - Durchgeh. mit Wurmgängen (tlw. etw. Buchstabenverlust), vereinz. schwach wasserrandig. Einbd. etw. berieben, Rücken stellenw. beschabt.
Woodcut printers' mark, 3 doublepage or folding woodcut plates, 150 (partly fullpage) woodcuts in the text and numerous woodcut initials. Contemporary card boards. - First edition of the rare monography. - Throughout some worming (partly loss of printed matter), ocassionally slight waterstaining. Binding somewhat rubbed.
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