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TROTTA, Giovanni Battista *Nuovo horologio notturno per mezzo delle stele … con aggiunta arco dell'orologio polare corretto, ed accresciunto e dell'orologio della luna* Naples (Luc Antonio di Fusco) 1651. In-8°, modern stiff vellum binding, 58 + 65 pp. [tables, out of 104], slightly browned, lower corner of title page missing without affecting the text, endpapers replaced, woodcut illustrations in the text, and a few contemporary handwritten annotations. A rare treatise on methods for determining the time at night. Baker & Sommervogel viii, 255; H & L 11474; Riccardi I, 562. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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