Lot 409 
409
Samuel Foster
The description of a ruler. 1652.
Estimate:
€ 500 / $ 535 Sold:
€ 476 / $ 509 (incl. surcharge)
Poggendorff I, 780. - DNB VII, 502. - Nicht bei Houzeau/Lanc. - Erste Ausgabe, selten. - Beschreibung eines Rechenschiebers, "by which the most usuall propositions in astronomie, navigation, and dialling, are facily performed, also, a further use of the said scales in deliniating of far declining dials; and of those that decline and recline, three severall ways. With the deliniating of all horizontal dials, between 30, and 60 gr. of latitude" (Untertitel). - Letztes Bl. vom Vorwort mit breitem Randabschnitt (Textverlust). Knapp beschnitten, Titel und letzte 2 Bll. etw. fleckig, anfangs etw. wasserrandig. Mod. Exlibris.
First edition. With numerous partly fullpage text woodcuts (mostly schemat.). Mod. red calf. - Last leaf of the preface with large cut-off (loss of text). Cropped close, some staining to title and last 2 leaves, few leaves waterstained. Mod. ex libris.
409
Samuel Foster
The description of a ruler. 1652.
Estimate:
€ 500 / $ 535 Sold:
€ 476 / $ 509 (incl. surcharge)