| STOEFFLER Johannes |
| Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii |
| Oppenheim: Koebel,1524 |
| Second edition. |
| Folio, numerous woodcut figures, volvelles. |
| Vellum. |
| This copy of Stoeffler's On the fabrication and use of the astrolabe is the second edition of the first German work on the astrolabe, and is regarded as the most important 16th century treatise on the subject. |
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| How to make an astrolabe, from Johannes Stoeffler, Elucidatio fabricae ususque astrolabii, Oppenheim 1524. |