[METIUS (Adriaen)].
De novis ab autore inventis instrumentis. S.l.n.d. Frankfurt ?, ca. 1600]. In-12, contemporary soft vellum.
Very rare astronomical work presenting new instruments (a sextant in particular) used to measure the path of the Sun and the stars.
The Bibliographie générale de l'astronomie by Houzeau & Lancaster, n°2845, mentions the great Johannes Kepler as the author of this book.
Numerous diagrams in the text and some full-page instrument figures.
Handwritten bookplate on title: Ex Bibliotheca Massiliensi (...). Old handwritten notes on verso of last endpaper.
Browning.
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