Ioannis Taisnier Hannonij De vsu annuli sphaerici libri tres
Subtitle: in quibus quicquid ad geometriae perfectionem requiritur continetur
Publisher: Apud Sanctum Dominicu[m]
Published: 1550
Place of publication: Panhormi [Palermo]
Language: lat
Subjects: Geometry; Instruments; Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Surveying
Other titles: De vsu annuli sphaerici libri tres
Work titles: De usu annuli sphaerici libri tres
Notes: Signatures: A-H⁴ (H4 blank).

T.p. within architectural woodcut border, with vignette of ring dial (repeated on A3v). Arms of Charles V, t.p. verso, for whom Taisnier was court musician; see Mortimer. A number of the cuts are signed with a monogram composed of I and S, while the 2nd cut on C2v has the letters SWAB. Some cuts bear the date 1549. Tables. Decorated initials.

Colophon: "Impressum Panhormi per Petrum a Spira, Antoninum Anay, decimo kalendas Iunias anno Iubilei millessimo quingentesimo & quĩquagesimo."

Mortimer, R.  Italian 16th cent., 492

Binding: modern gray paper. Author, brief title, and imprint written on spine. The shield at foot of t.p. border and the space above it show signs of inscriptions having been effaced. Inscription at head of last p. partly missing where paper torn and repaired.