Astronomique discours, par Jaques Bassantin Escossois

Name: Astronomique discours, par Jaques Bassantin Escossois
Price: 145000 USD
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Author: James Bassantin

by James Bassantin

$145,000 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Very rare complete first edition of the Scotsman James Bassantin’s (c. 1500-68) copiously illustrated, large-format compendium on calculating planetary positions. The Astronomique discours, which took as its forebear Peter Apian’s famous (1495-1552) Astronomicum Caesareum (1540), includes among its 175 woodcuts a total of 14 volvelles (13 of which are full..... More

Binding: Leather

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