APIANO (Pedro). INSTRUMENTUM Primi Mobilis. Norimbergae. 1534.

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APIANO (Pedro)

INSTRUMENTUM Primi Mobilis. À Petro Apiano nunc primum et inventum et in lucem editum. Ad cuius declarationem & intellectu[m] Pronunciata centu[m] hic proponuntur, ê quibus Instrumenti nobilissimi usus innotescit & compositio. Inquirere aute[m] & inuenire licebit in hoc instrumento, quicquid uspiam in universo primo mobili nova quada[n]sinuum ratione indagari potest: nec quicqua[m] in eo ipso primo mobili desiderare poterit, quod no[m] per instrumentum hoc inveniri facile queat. Assedunt ijs Gebri Filii Affla Hispalensis Astronomi vetustissimi pariter & peritissimi, libri IX. de Astronomia, ante aliquot secula Arabice scripti, & per Giriardu[m] Cremonensem latinitate donati, nunc vero omniu[m] in lucem editi. Omnia haec industria & benevolentia Petri Apiani Mathematici prelo comissa, & Reverendiss. in Christo patri & D. Christophoro à Stadio, &c.. Norimbergae: Apud Jo. Petreium, 1534.

a-k4, aa-rr4, ss6; [80], 146, [2 br.] pp.: il.; 320 mm. Contemporary full vellum; worm hole through all fólios on text.

First edition of one of the most important works by mathematician Pedro Apiano in which he dedicated himself to the calculation of tables of sines using a mechanical instrument. Very rare and important.

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