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1399 - TARDE, Jean. The Uses of the Quadrant in the Magnetic Compass. Divided into two books. The first provides an introduction to the quadrant. The second covers the uses, benefits, and services that can be derived from it. …, Paris (Jean Gesselin) 1638. In-4°, modern vellum binding, pp. [xii] + 118 with numbers. Woodcut illustrations in the text.
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TARDE, Jean. The Uses of the Quadrant in the Magnetic Compass. Divided into two books. The first provides an introduction to the quadrant. The second covers the uses, benefits, and services that can be derived from it. …, Paris (Jean Gesselin) 1638. In-4°, modern vellum binding, pp. [xii] + 118 with numbers. Woodcut illustrations in the text. Third edition of the lucid explanation of the diptych sundial by Jean Tarde, canon of Sarlat and correspondent of Galileo. H & L 2997 does not include this edition. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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