Orontij Finei Delphinatis, regij mathematicarum professoris, de solaribus horologiis, & quadrantibus, libri quatuor.

De solaribus horologiis, & quadrantibus, libri quatuor

Parisiis : Apud Gulielmum Cauellat, in pingui Gallina ex aduerso collegij Cameracensis, [1560]

16 unnumbered pages, 223 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 leaf of plates (folded) : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 4to (22 cm)

Dedication signed at Paris, May 9, 1560.

Printer's device on title page and verso of final leaf. Title page surrounded by woodcut architectural border.

Copy 1. Supplier/ Donor: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 5-10 December 1898. Binding: 16th century English? dark brown calf over pasteboards (rebacked); small oval blind stamped centrepiece in centre, with initials "I H" on upper and lower covers, double blind fillets around edges; remains of green silk ties. Price on free endpaper "0.2.6". Inscription on title page "Il fa assai di male chi no[n] fa mente di vene J. Holles". This may be John Holles, first Earl of Clare (ca. 1565-1637). Book label of William Morris Kelmscott House. With catalogue card by Sydney Cockerell.

Adams, F473.