Gallucius, Johannes Paulus (1538-1621) De Fabrica, et usu Novi Horologii Solaris; [and] De Fabrica, et Usu Cuisdam Instrumenti; Venice: Ciottum, 1592. Quarto, collated, complete, numerous woodcuts in the text, volvelles unconstructed, with extra prints for their completion still pasted in place, spotting and waterstains, later vellum. Gallucius's is the most practical of handbooks, with copious illustrations to aid the budding instrument-maker.
Gallucius, Johannes Paulus (1538-1621) De Fabrica, et usu Novi Horologii Solaris; [and] De Fabrica, et Usu Cuisdam Instrumenti; Venice: Ciottum, 1592. Quarto, collated, complete, numerous woodcuts in the text, volvelles unconstructed, with extra prints for their completion still pasted in place, spotting and waterstains, later vellum. Gallucius's is the most practical of handbooks, with copious illustrations to aid the budding instrument-maker.
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