173 - Doglioni, Giovanni Niccolò. The Year in Which One Finds a Perfect and Complete Explanation of Everything One Might Desire, Whether Concerning the Celestial and Elemental Realms or Regarding the Seasons and the Calendar. Venice: Rampazetto, 1587., Time Measured by the Stars: A Rare Illustrated First Edition

Doglioni, Giovanni Niccolò. The Year in Which One Finds a Perfect and Complete Explanation of Everything One Might Desire, Whether Concerning the Celestial and Elemental Realms or Regarding the Seasons and the Calendar. Venice: Rampazetto, 1587., Time Measured by the Stars: A Rare Illustrated First Edition Doglioni, Giovanni Niccolò. The Year in Which One Finds a Perfect and Complete Explanation of Everything One Might Desire, Whether Concerning the Celestial and Elemental Worlds or Matters of Time and the Calendar. Venice, Rampazetto, 1587. Quarto (190 x 145 mm); [4], 49, [3] leaves. Diagrams and woodcut plates in the text, including a classic portrait of Ptolemy observing the stars and a double-page plate featuring the “volvella,” which is rarely found on the market (restorations to the title page; sporadic stains). Contemporary binding in soft full parchment, smooth spine (new endpapers). A rare first edition of this treatise dedicated to the measurement and understanding of time, in which Giovanni Niccolò Doglioni combines chronology, astronomy, and historical knowledge. The work reflects the author’s attempt to move beyond the model of the great medieval universal chronicles in favor of an approach more in line with the new trends in historiography and scientific research. Of particular interest is the plate featuring a “volvella,” a movable paper device designed to facilitate calculations and consultations, along with the astronomical illustrations that lend the volume considerable documentary value. Measuring time through the stars: a rare illustrated first edition