SUN DIALS- 1- Richer, C. La Gnomonique universelle, ou la science de tracer

les Cadrans solaires sur toutes sortes de surfaces tant stables que mobile. Paris, J. Jombert, 1701, 1st. Edn. PP: (20),299,(1), with a Frontispiece, one full-page woodcut ill., 52 engr. plates (one folding). Later leather backed boards, the frontis with a hole and small loss; the folding plate with tears to the folds; 2- Rivard, D François: La Gnomonique, ou l'Art de faire des cadrans. Paris, Lottin, Desaint & Saillant, 1746, 2nd. Edn. Revised by the author. With 12 folding engraved Plates. PP: xv, (1), 324, 53, (1). (20x13.5 cm), cont. full mottled calf, rubbed, small wormholes to the margin of two leaves. (2)

Provenance:

From the library of Michael Kuczynski