Orontii Finei Delphinatis, regii mathematicarvm professoris, De solaribus horologiis & quadrantibus libri quatuor
A 1560 Paris edition of Oronce Fine's four-book treatise on sundials and quadrants, a scholarly mathematical text printed for astronomers and instrument makers. Its pictures are woodcut historiated initials with grotesque, foliate and beast ornament, plus a diagram of a spherical instrument with graduated scales, offering a designer dense Renaissance ornamental lettering and a clear armillary-style geometric figure.























