Die Farnesianische Uhr Der Astronomische Automat Bernardo Facinis Und Die Zeichnungen Nicola Anitos In Der Vatikanischen Bibliothek Oechslin, Ludwig Collecting

Octavos, 4 Volumes. In Good plus condition. Gray paper covers with black text. Volume 3 part 2 is a loose folio containing 94 plates of astronomical charts and graphs. Covers have vary degree of sunning to spines, light fraying to corners and spine edges, and mild edge and shelf wear. Volume 1 has creasing to spine. Textblocks have mild creasing to some pages and many pages uncut. Shelved Room A. Volume I 228 pages. Volume II 223 pages. Volume III 131 plates and 47 figures. Volume III part 2 94 loose plates. 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. 1378692. Special Collections.