Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1579) La Sfera del Mondo.

Description:

Piccolomini, Alessandro (1508-1579) La Sfera del Mondo. Venice: Giovanni Varisco, 1566.
Quarto, illustrated with text woodcuts and the forty-seven woodcut full page star charts, bound in contemporary limp parchment; spotting to interior pages, some repairs to pastedowns and parchment covering, 8 1/4 x 6 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,200

a6, A-Z4 , Aa-Gg4, Hh6, a4, B-Z4, Aa4.


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