1385 - POBLACION, Juan Martin, *De usu astrolabio compendium, schematibus, commodissimis illustratum, ac mendis quamplurimis repurgatum*, Paris (Guillamue Cavellat), 1554. Small 8vo, modern red morocco leather binding, modern marbled paper endpapers, 52 folios, 24 woodcut figures in the text. Skillful repair to the title page; several contemporary annotations in the margins (some of which are crossed out); otherwise, a fine copy.

POBLACION, Juan Martin, *De usu astrolabio compendium, schematibus, commodissimis illustratum, ac mendis quamplurimis repurgatum*, Paris (Guillamue Cavellat), 1554. Small 8vo, modern red morocco leather binding, modern marbled paper endpapers, 52 folios, 24 woodcut figures in the text. Skillful repair to the title page; several contemporary annotations in the margins (some of which are crossed out); otherwise, a fine copy. Provenance “Bibliothèque parisienne des pp Minimes 1637” (inscription, partially erased on the title page). Reprint of the 1553 edition with a new title page. Folios 48–51 contain Grégoire Nicéphor’s treatise on the astrolabe, translated by Georg Valla. Little is known about De Poblacion except that he was Spanish and taught mathematics in Paris beginning in 1513 or 1519. He was the first professor of mathematics appointed to the Collège de France upon its founding in 1530. Adams P1674; H & L 3258; Lalande; Pantin 70, No. 76. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)