Finé (Oronce)

De Mundi sphæra conscripsit libros, ac in Planetarum theoricas, Canonum Astronomicorum libri II, lacking title, errata present, woodcut astronomical diagrams throughout, light age yellowing, some spotting, annotation regarding the work in an early hand on front pastedown, A3-4 repaired at gutter, contemporary limp vellum, soiled and rubbed, some worming to spine, [Adams F 476; Houzeau-L. 12728; Honeyman Coll. 1310; Roller-G. I, 398], 4to, Michel de Vascosan, Paris, 1553.

*** Oronce Finé was a French mathematician and cartographer. In 1531 he became professor of mathematics at the Collège Royale, founded by the King the year before, where he taught until his death. Finé was one of the most prolific authors of mathematical books of his time, and he worked in a wide range of mathematical fields, including practical geometry, arithmetic, optics, gnomonics and astronomy.