POSTEL, Guillaume.

De Cosmographica Disciplina, et Signorum cœlestium vera configutatione. Ex museo Joan. Balesdens.

      Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: Ex Officina Joan. Maire 1636. 16mo, 172, (20), 72 pp. Small maps withinthe text, marbled paste downs, armorial bookplate of Lord Sinclair. Contemporary calf, a.e.g., covers with double gilt rules, cornerpieces and a central rose, gilt phoenix to the foot of the spine with the motto Rinasce Piu Gloriosa (“It rises again more glorious”), spine somewhat worn with minor loss to top. A French astronomer and scholar, Postel travelled widely and discovered and brought back to Europe a number of key manuscripts.