Tabulae astronomicae: quibus facilè omnia capita, quae ad usum sphaerae primi mobilis praecipiuntur, confici possint.

4to: [16]-248 pp. (browning, some min. spotting, ink note on pp. 5 & 232).

Contemp. limp vellum (covers repaired, rebacked, warping), mod. endpapers. Good copy.

Rare first and only edition of this astronomical work by the Italian mathematician F. Saminiati, containing mostly astronomical tables. Saminiati, the son of merchants from Lucca, moved to Antwerp to study under the Flemish polymath Michiel Coignet (1549-1623). Illustrated with 3 engr. folding plates, "horologium astronomicum horizontale", "horologium horizontale" and "horologium murale". Woodcut initials and endpieces, some woodcut ill. in text. Woodcut printer's mark on title,
Ref. BT 4247. - Machiels S-95. - Pettegree NB 27326. - Riccardi II:414. - Not in Adams, STC Dutch (BL).
Prov. Ownership entries on title, a.o. "Joannis Stephani Goletti S.J.D. et Canonici S. Andreae".