Der Astronomische Apparat Bernardo Facinis Und Die Uhr Als Modell Des Kosmos Oechslin, Ludwig Collecting,European History,Sciences, Math, Medicine, & Natural History

Octavo, 156 pages. In Good plus condition. Gray paper covers with black text. Covers have light sunning to spine, light creasing to both covers, light bending to corners, and mild shelf wear. Textblock has light creasing to pages near head edge and pages uncut from 145 to 151. Text in German. 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. 1378688. Special Collections.