FÜrmalung und kÜnstlich beschreibung der horologien, nemlich wie man der sonnen uren mit mancherley weys und form, und auff allerley gattung entwerffen soll an die mauren
by [Muenster] Münster Sebastian
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Basel: Heinrich Peter [Heinrich Petri], 1537. VERY RARE. First edition in German. With 66 fine and impressive large woodcuts, woodcut initials throughout. Small Folio, bound in an early vellum manuscript leaf, likely from an antiphonal written in black and ruled in red, page edges died red. [vii], 157 pp. A handsome copy, the text very clean and fresh, some very minor marginal wormholes. SEBASTIAN MÜNSTER'S IMPORTANT WORK ON SUNDIALS AND HOROLOGY, illustrated with many very impressive woodcuts, some attributed to Holbein the Younger. The work displays not only Münster's mathematical and scientific abilities but also those of a master-craftsman. The many fine woodcuts include sundials, quadrants and various other measuring devices, some of which are attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger. The work was original published in Latin in 1531. This edition appeared several years prior to Muenster's famed 'Cosmographia' and is far scarcer.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27238
- Title
- FÜrmalung und kÜnstlich beschreibung der horologien, nemlich wie man der sonnen uren mit mancherley weys und form, und auff allerley gattung entwerffen soll an die mauren
- Author
- [Muenster] Münster Sebastian
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Heinrich Peter [Heinrich Petri]
- Place of Publication
- Basel
- Date Published
- 1537
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- Edges
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- Folio
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- Fine
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- Vellum
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- First Edition
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