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De Baecque et Associés

1345 - GÜSSMANN, Franz. *News of the Construction of Telescopes for Observing Extraordinary Mountain Formations*. Vienna (Joseph Stahel) 1788. In-8°, sheepskin (later), ribbed spine, gilt, red edges, marbled endpapers, 104 pp. with 1 large fold-out plate.

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€600 - 700

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30%

GÜSSMANN, Franz. *News of the Construction of Telescopes for Observing Extraordinary Mountain Formations*. Vienna (Joseph Stahel) 1788. In-8°, sheepskin (later), ribbed spine, gilt, red edges, marbled endpapers, 104 pp. with 1 large fold-out plate. A very fine copy of a rare text describing a telescope mounted on a quarter circle. Not listed in Houzeau & Lancaster; not listed in Lalande Provenance: the library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)

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Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs
Tuesday, December 1
02:30 PM
3, impasse des Chevau-Légers
78000 Versailles, France

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De Baecque et Associés +33 1 58 40 82 92 versailles@debaecque.fr
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 290,000 lots published

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