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Rare Cuban manual on sundials, 1851

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Author: Herna?ndez y Jime?nez, Jose?
Title: Manual TeÃ³rico y PrÃ¡ctico de GnomÃ³nica, o sea Tratado Elemental de Relojes Solares. Con los principios indispensables de geometri?a y astronomi?a
Place Published: Habana [Havana, Cuba]
Publisher:Imprenta de M. Soler y Gelada
Date Published: 1851
Description:

100, [2] pp. With 4 folding lithographed plates. (4to) 20.4x13.8 cm (8x5½"), period cloth-backed marbled boards, paper cover label with "Relojes de Sol" in ink ms.

Rare Cuban manual on sundials. OCLC locates only four copies, two at the University of Florida, one at the University of Miami, and one at Harvard University.

Condition

Spine strip perished, rear cover detached; foxing to contents, very good.

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Rare Cuban manual on sundials, 1851

Name: Rare Cuban manual on sundials, 1851
SKU: 133813693
Price: 250 USD
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