Scheiner (Christoph) Pantographice, seu ars delineandi..., first edition, half-title, additional engraved title, printed title with woodcut device, engraved illustrations, woodcut initials and decorations, many ff. with damp-staining, affecting text and illustrations, some browning, largely marginal, contemporary calf, upper joint split and cover very nearly loose, rubbed and bumped, 4to, Rome, Ludovici Grignani, 1631.

⁂ A rare work presenting the first description of the construction and use of the pantograph - a mechanical linkage that enables the duplication or proportional scaling of a diagram or drawing - originally invented by Christoph Scheiner around 1603.

Provenance: Macclesfield Library (bookplate, embossed stamp to title and following f.).