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[MANUSCRIPT - ASTRONOMY]. “Capo D. Sfera terrestre tranisetto.” [Italy, ca mid-18th century].
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[MANUSCRIPT - ASTRONOMY]. “Capo D. Sfera terrestre tranisetto.” [Italy, ca mid-18th century].

64 leaves, 8vo (202 x 135 mm). In Italian.  Written in cursive in brown ink on thick paper. With several ink diagrams, tables, head- and tail-pieces throughout. (Some offsetting and a few stains.) 18th-century sprinkled calf gilt (some staining and repairs). 
 
Text opens: “La Sfera che si spieghera si divide in Naturale et Artificiale; la Naturale compre de tutto l’Universo l’Artificiale e un instrument fatto dall’arte comprendere La Sfera Naturale, e composta de diversi circoli.” Describing the terrestrial sphere, time, signs of the zodiac, the movements of the heavens, the cycles of the moon, and presenting propositions, experiments, and corollaries.

Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil