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The gnomon is the oldest instrument of astronomy, since its use is attested from the second millennium BC. J.–C. It made it possible to determine, for the Ancients, the fundamental parameters of the Earth, such as its movements in relation to the Sun -
This art of creating sundials (and moondials) has generated many treatises and books over time. For more than 3 centuries, gnomonics remained the primary chronometric reference -
including:
Dominique François Rivard - Gnomonics, or the Art of Making Dials - 1767
XV., 16pp., 324pp., 51pp. - Complete with 12 folding plates
Pierre Blaise - Gnomonics, or the Science of Dials - 1746
(3)ff., 77pp., (2)ff. - Complete with 6 folding plates bound in fine
Binding in good condition, work in its full contemporary vellum, stains visible on the covers, gilt titling on the title label, mottled edges -
Good interior condition, light soiling, presence of an ex libris, pretty headbands, beautiful initials, tailpieces, vignettes on fold-out boards - Clean interior with light foxing of no consequence when reading -
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