Tractatus Astrarii: Biblioteca Capitolare Di Padova, Cod. D. 39 Dondi Dall'orologio, Giovanni; Barzon, Antonio [Introduction]; Morpurgo, Enrico [Introduction]; Petrucci, Armando [Transcription]; Francescato, Giuseppe [Glossary] Collecting

Quarto, 195 pages with 33 plates. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus dust jacket. Bound in tan cloth with later plain tan cloth dust jacket. Dust jacket has light toning and foxing to inside and outside. Boards have mild edge wear. Textblock has light spotting to edges. Shelved Room A. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378747. Special Collections.