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Rare work on Astronomical Instruments

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Author: Huygens, Christiaan
[6], [3]-14 pp. With 1 inserted folding engraved plate and 1 full-page folding engraving; woodcut diagram in the text. (4to) 8x6¼, later full limp vellum stitched, modern cloth chemise & slipcase.
Rare, early work on astronomy instruments. There are only two copies listed by the RLG Union Catalog, at Cambridge and the University of Pennsylvania. The description of the Pennsylvania copy remarks on the curious collation, but the pagination of both copies correspond to that of the present one.
Place Published: Hagae-Comitum
Publisher Name: Apud Arnoldum Leers
Date Published: 1684

Title-page with two expert repairs, verso stained; verso and marginal repairs to folding plate; else very good.

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