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Blaeu, Willem. 1571-1638.
Institutio Astronomica de usu Globorum & Sphaerarum Caelestium ac Terrestrium. Amsterdam: J.Blaeu, 1668.

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
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Blaeu, Willem. 1571-1638.

Institutio Astronomica de usu Globorum & Sphaerarum Caelestium ac Terrestrium. Amsterdam: J.Blaeu, 1668.
8vo (190 x 110 mm). 2 sections in one volume, letterpress general title with printers device, two section titles with woodcut diagrams, numerous woodcut illustrations. Modern morocco-backed marbled boards.
WITH: Valk, Gerhard. 1650-1726. 't Werkstellige der Sterre-konst. Amsterdam: Leonard Valk, [1730]. 4to. 4 folding engraved plates, full deckle edges. Modern vellum backed boards.

Two important treatises on globes by Blaeu and Valk.

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