Sale 2457 - Early Printed Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, October 17, 2017

299 ● TUSI, NASIR AL-DIN; and ULUGH BEG. Dyo pinakes geographikoi. Persian text with Greek translation by Dimitrios Alexandridis. 79, [2] pages, including errata leaf at end. 8vo, 201x127 mm, modern vellum-backed patterned boards; contents browned with dampstaining in upper corners throughout. Vienna: Anton Schmid, 1807 [300/500] FIRST EDITION IN GREEK of tables of coordinates for cities in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia compiled by the Persian polymath Tusi (1201-74) and the Tatar astronomer Ulugh Beg (1394-1449). Sarton II, 1009. See also lot 278. 300 ● VARCHI, BENEDETTO. L’Hercolano. Dialogo . . . nel qual si ragiona generalmente delle Lingue, et in particolare della Toscana, e della Fiorentina. [16], 282, [34] pages. 4to, 192x136 mm, 18th-century vellum boards; occasional light browning and marginal dampstaining, title soiled with old faded inscriptions, few marginalia, small piece missing from blank upper margin of O3. Bookplate of Vernon Viret. Florence: Filippo Giunti e Fratelli, 1580 [150/250] Dialogue on the ideal Italian literary language first published in 1570.Gamba 1000 (original edition). 301 ● VENETIAN REPUBLIC. Group of 19 edicts, comprising 2 small broadsides and 17 disbound leaflets. For list see swanngalleries.com. Venice, 1560-1644 [500/1,000] 300 301 TRAVEL & GEOGRAPHY, continued