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Tersissima latini eloquij Synonymorum collectanea, non modo epistolas, verum etiam carmina cudere volentibus oppido idonea, ex multiiugis & quidem luculentissimis Oratorum tum Poetarum scriptis studiosa recognitione, veluti quaedam progymnasmata eruta, vernaculoque suo ut inventu sint faciliora accommodata, ac denuo secundum Alphabeti seriem deprompta atque concinnata. Annexus est Tractatulus utilissimus de vocum proprietatibus, seu terminorum differentijs.Magdeburg, Michael Lotter, (ca. 1535). Sm.8vo. Old boards.
Tersissima latini eloquij Synonymorum collectanea, non modo epistolas, verum etiam carmina cudere volentibus oppido idonea, ex multiiugis & quidem luculentissimis Oratorum tum Poetarum scriptis studiosa recognitione, veluti quaedam progymnasmata eruta, vernaculoque suo ut inventu sint faciliora accommodata, ac denuo secundum Alphabeti seriem deprompta atque concinnata. Annexus est Tractatulus utilissimus de vocum proprietatibus, seu terminorum differentijs.Magdeburg, Michael Lotter, (ca. 1535). Sm.8vo. Old boards.
WILDENBERG, Hieronymus (Hieronymus CINGULARIUS). · 1465
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
[75] ll.Very rare edition of one of the earliest known dictionaries of Latin synonyms, by the Silesian humanist and school-director Hieronymus Gürtel von Wildenberg (ca. 1465-1558). It was first published at Wittenberg in 1513, and proved successful, with 20 editions recorded ...
De practyk der vroed'meesters, en vroed'vrouwen, of de wyse van een vrouw' te helpen in haar kinderbaren. Uyt de Franse in de Nederduytse tale overgeset.Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn. 1690. 8vo. With an engraved portrait of the author facing the title page and 8 full-page engraved plates of embryos and a placenta. Contemporary vellum, purple library stamp on the front board.
De practyk der vroed'meesters, en vroed'vrouwen, of de wyse van een vrouw' te helpen in haar kinderbaren. Uyt de Franse in de Nederduytse tale overgeset.Amsterdam, Timotheus ten Hoorn. 1690. 8vo. With an engraved portrait of the author facing the title page and 8 full-page engraved plates of embryos and a placenta. Contemporary vellum, purple library stamp on the front board.
PORTAL, Paulus. · 1685
€1,500.00 ($1,653.27 | £1,251.40 | ¥264,006)
[1 blank], [23], 342, [7], [1 blank] pp.First and only Dutch edition of an important treatise on obstetrics, which discusses several ways an obstetrician could help a mother during labour. It was written in French (first French edition 1685) by Paul Portal (1630-1703), a renow...
Sectiones conicae in novem libros distributae, ...Paris, Etienne Michallet, 1685. Large folio (38 x 26 cm). With a charming woodcut headpiece at the beginning of the main text, hundreds of woodcut diagrams in the text. 19th-century boards (ca. 1820?).
Sectiones conicae in novem libros distributae, ...Paris, Etienne Michallet, 1685. Large folio (38 x 26 cm). With a charming woodcut headpiece at the beginning of the main text, hundreds of woodcut diagrams in the text. 19th-century boards (ca. 1820?).
LA HIRE, Philippe de. · 1738
€5,500.00 ($6,062.00 | £4,588.46 | ¥968,023)
[8], 249, [1] pp.First and only early edition, in Latin, of a comprehensive and influential text book on conic sections, discussing the standard classical Greek work of Apollonius, the projective methods of Desargues and the application of Cartesian analytical geometry, by the...
Flagello militare diviso in quattro parti. La prima tratta de' trabucchi. La seconda de' petardi. La terza de' burlotti, e fuochi artificiali di mare, e di terra. La quarta di mine, contramine, e d'altre cose importanti all'arte militare.Naples, Novello de Bonis, 1676. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, engraved author's portrait and 73 illustrations on 18 engraved plates. Contemporary vellum.
Flagello militare diviso in quattro parti. La prima tratta de' trabucchi. La seconda de' petardi. La terza de' burlotti, e fuochi artificiali di mare, e di terra. La quarta di mine, contramine, e d'altre cose importanti all'arte militare.Naples, Novello de Bonis, 1676. 4to. With an engraved frontispiece, engraved author's portrait and 73 illustrations on 18 engraved plates. Contemporary vellum.
MARTENA, Giovanni Batista. · 1609
€7,500.00 ($8,266.36 | £6,257.00 | ¥1,320,032)
[12], 211, [1] pp.First edition of a richly illustrated treatise on artillery and explosives, by the experienced Neapolitan artillery commander Martena. In the first and longest of four parts, Martena expertly describes the ins and outs of mortars and explosive shells. The sec...
Het leven van Konstance: waer af volgt het tooneelspel, de Spaensche heidin.Amsterdam, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, voor Johannes Jacott, 1643. Small 4to. With 6 full-page etchings by Pieter Nolpe after Simon de Vlieger, Pieter Quast, and Izak Izaksoon, musical scores by Gerret Bolhamer, a woodcut device on the title-page, 15 decorated woodcut initials of different sizes, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum,
Het leven van Konstance: waer af volgt het tooneelspel, de Spaensche heidin.Amsterdam, Nicolaes van Ravesteyn, voor Johannes Jacott, 1643. Small 4to. With 6 full-page etchings by Pieter Nolpe after Simon de Vlieger, Pieter Quast, and Izak Izaksoon, musical scores by Gerret Bolhamer, a woodcut device on the title-page, 15 decorated woodcut initials of different sizes, and several woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary vellum,
[TENGNAGEL, Mattheus Ganzneb]. · 1613
€5,000.00 ($5,510.91 | £4,171.33 | ¥880,021)
171, [1 blank] pp.Rare first edition of Tengnagel's most acclaimed work, beautifully and luxuriously executed. Mattheus Ganzneb Tengnagel (1613-1652) was a popular Amsterdam poet and playwright, notorious for his licentious lifestyle. The present play is a comedy, based on La ...
Emblematum libri duo.Lyon, Jean de Tournes et Guillaume Gazeau, 1547. 16mo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, a variant woodcut printer's device on the verso of the last leaf, and 113 half-page woodcut emblems by Bernard Salomon. 19th-century gold-tooled orange morocco by Marcellin II Lortic in Paris, with the author, title, and imprint lettered in gold on the spine, the gilt armorial supralibros of the Prince d'Essling in the centre on both sides, and his initials "VM" on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled end papers.
Emblematum libri duo.Lyon, Jean de Tournes et Guillaume Gazeau, 1547. 16mo. With a woodcut printer's device on the title page, a variant woodcut printer's device on the verso of the last leaf, and 113 half-page woodcut emblems by Bernard Salomon. 19th-century gold-tooled orange morocco by Marcellin II Lortic in Paris, with the author, title, and imprint lettered in gold on the spine, the gilt armorial supralibros of the Prince d'Essling in the centre on both sides, and his initials "VM" on the spine, gold-tooled board edges and turn-ins, gilt edges, marbled end papers.
ALCIATI, Andrea. · 1506
€11,500.00 ($12,675.09 | £9,594.06 | ¥2,024,049)
143, [1] pp.Rare first edition of the expanded Emblematum libellus, described as "the most skilful of the Alciati interpretations" (Mortimer). The present edition is the first to include the beautiful woodcut series made for De Tournes by Bernard Salomon (ca. 1506-1559), or "L...
Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des pétrifications dans les quatre parties du monde.The Hague, Jean Neaulme, 1742. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 60 folding engraved plates with 441 illustrations of fossils and shells. Modern half calf, gold-tooled spine.
Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des pétrifications dans les quatre parties du monde.The Hague, Jean Neaulme, 1742. 2 parts in 1 volume. 4to. With 60 folding engraved plates with 441 illustrations of fossils and shells. Modern half calf, gold-tooled spine.
[BOURGUET, Louis]. · 1678
€1,950.00 ($2,149.25 | £1,626.82 | ¥343,208)
XVI, 163, [1 blank]; 91, [1] pp.First edition of an extensive treatise on palaeontology by the French archaeologist philosopher and mathematician Louis Bourguet (1678-1742). The first part is a compilation of letters relating to Bourguet's previous work, Lettres philosophiques...
Frankfurter Taschenkalender für freundschaftliche Cirkel auf das Jahr 1808, enthaltend: Sinn-Gedichte, auch in Stammbüch brauchbare, kurze Geschichten, Sentenzen, &c.Frankfurt, In der Jägerschen Buch- Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, [1807]. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title with a view of Frankfurt, and 12 full-page numbered engraved plates in the calendar (1 for each month). Contemporary green boards tooled in black, with a central ornament on both boards, surrounded by an ornamental border, gilt edges. The work is housed in a decorative paper slipcase.
Frankfurter Taschenkalender für freundschaftliche Cirkel auf das Jahr 1808, enthaltend: Sinn-Gedichte, auch in Stammbüch brauchbare, kurze Geschichten, Sentenzen, &c.Frankfurt, In der Jägerschen Buch- Papier- und Landkartenhandlung, [1807]. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title with a view of Frankfurt, and 12 full-page numbered engraved plates in the calendar (1 for each month). Contemporary green boards tooled in black, with a central ornament on both boards, surrounded by an ornamental border, gilt edges. The work is housed in a decorative paper slipcase.
[ALMANAC - GERMAN]. · 1794
€725.00 ($799.08 | £604.84 | ¥127,603)
[32], 31, [1] pp.Beautifully illustrated German literary pocket almanac, which is among "den reizvollsten Erscheinungen dieser Art" (Lanckoronska-Rümann). It was published from 1794-1825 and included copper engravings of widely read novels of the time, as well as poems, and ap...
Calender 1805.Offenbach, C.L. Brede, [1804]. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title with a vignette, and 8 full-page numbered engraved plates by Neubauer. Contemporary pink boards tooled in black, with a floral ornament in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a dotted frame, paste paper pastedowns. The work is housed in a brown decorative paper slipcase.
Calender 1805.Offenbach, C.L. Brede, [1804]. 32mo. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title with a vignette, and 8 full-page numbered engraved plates by Neubauer. Contemporary pink boards tooled in black, with a floral ornament in the centre of both boards, surrounded by a dotted frame, paste paper pastedowns. The work is housed in a brown decorative paper slipcase.
[ALMANAC - GERMAN].
€725.00 ($799.08 | £604.84 | ¥127,603)
[18], 37, [1] pp.Fine illustrated German almanac, with a calendar, and literary contributions, including poetry, a story in prose, and several aphorisms. Most are signed only with initials, but two have been signed by Von Münchausen. Each month in the calendar is accompanied b...
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1851.[London, Company of Stationers, 1851]. 24mo(?) (5.8 x 3.3 cm). With a steel-engraved armorial title page, a four-page steel-engraved view, and a steel-engraved half-page armorial vignette. Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled black morocco, both boards show a beautiful geometrical design of gold-tooled black, white, and green morocco, gilt edges, in a matching slipcase.
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1851.[London, Company of Stationers, 1851]. 24mo(?) (5.8 x 3.3 cm). With a steel-engraved armorial title page, a four-page steel-engraved view, and a steel-engraved half-page armorial vignette. Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled black morocco, both boards show a beautiful geometrical design of gold-tooled black, white, and green morocco, gilt edges, in a matching slipcase.
[MINIATURE BOOK - ALMANACK - LONDON]. · 1851
€1,350.00 ($1,487.95 | £1,126.26 | ¥237,606)
[24] pp.Ornately bound "pocket" London almanack; an entirely steel-engraved miniature publication for the year 1851. The almanack contains an explanation of its use (including an overview of the dominical letter, golden number, epact and cycle of the sun for the year 1851), a ...
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1788.London, T. Carnan, [1788]. 24mo(?) (5.7 x 3.3 cm). With an engraved armorial title page, 4 full-page engraved portraits, and a half-page engraved view. Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled red morocco, the gold-tooled boards are beautifully decorated with a white morocco trellis-like (mosaic) pattern with red and green lozenge shaped morocco inlays, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1788.London, T. Carnan, [1788]. 24mo(?) (5.7 x 3.3 cm). With an engraved armorial title page, 4 full-page engraved portraits, and a half-page engraved view. Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled red morocco, the gold-tooled boards are beautifully decorated with a white morocco trellis-like (mosaic) pattern with red and green lozenge shaped morocco inlays, gilt edges, marbled endpapers.
[MINIATURE BOOK - ALMANACK - LONDON]. · 1788
€1,750.00 ($1,928.82 | £1,459.97 | ¥308,007)
[24] pp.Rare remarkable "pocket" London almanack; an entirely engraved miniature publication for the year 1788. The almanac contains an explanation of its use on the title page, four full-page portraits of the King of Prussia, the Prince of Orange, the Duke of Brunswick, and t...
Zak-almanak voor de provincie Friesland. Voor het jaar 1843.Leeuwarden L. Schierbeek [1842]. 32mo. With 4 full-page engraved plates, showing Pieter Derksz. Langebaard, a Turk, an Owl, and a view of the charitable colony Veenhuizen, the work is interleaved. Contemporary gold-tooled red imitation morocco, with an ornamental border on both sides.
Zak-almanak voor de provincie Friesland. Voor het jaar 1843.Leeuwarden L. Schierbeek [1842]. 32mo. With 4 full-page engraved plates, showing Pieter Derksz. Langebaard, a Turk, an Owl, and a view of the charitable colony Veenhuizen, the work is interleaved. Contemporary gold-tooled red imitation morocco, with an ornamental border on both sides.
[ALMANAC]. · 1829
€675.00 ($743.97 | £563.13 | ¥118,803)
[24] ll. + interleavingCharming miniature almanac for the province of Friesland, interleaved with blank leaves. The almanac was published by L. Schierbeek in Leeuwarden from 1829-1867, and is now exceptionally rare, with most volumes not recorded in sales records or institutio...
Miniatuur almanak voor het jaar 1838. 2de jaargang.Utrecht, L.E. Bosch en Zoon, [1837]. 12mo. With a lithographed title printed in blue and gold, 4 full-page lithographed plates by H.J. Backer and by De Weijer at Utrecht, and 4 folding leaves with musical score. Original publisher's lithographed pink boards, gilt edges.
Miniatuur almanak voor het jaar 1838. 2de jaargang.Utrecht, L.E. Bosch en Zoon, [1837]. 12mo. With a lithographed title printed in blue and gold, 4 full-page lithographed plates by H.J. Backer and by De Weijer at Utrecht, and 4 folding leaves with musical score. Original publisher's lithographed pink boards, gilt edges.
[ALMANAC].
€250.00 ($275.55 | £208.57 | ¥44,001)
51, [2], 121 [5], V, [1 blank] pp.Second volume of a fine series of miniature almanacs, beautifully illustrated. The work aims to present young literary talent to the public and contains songs and poems by both new and more established Dutch authors, including J.J.L. ten Kate,...
Adamus Macropedii fabula Christianae pietatis plaena ...Utrecht, Herman van Borculo, 1552. With:(2) Sententiae singulis versibus contentae, ex diversorum poëtarum sententiis Graecis, Latinae redditae.(Colophon:) Antwerp, Johannes Loeus, 1544.(3) ERASMUS, Desiderius. [Drop title:] Christiani hominis institutum.Including: ISOCRATES. [Drop title:] Ad demonicum paraenesis.[Antwerp, Jan Verwithagen?, 1551?].3 works in 1 volume. Small 8vo (13.5 x 9 cm). With a woodcut publisher's device on the title page, dated 1551 and including cupid with a crossbow, and a large woodcut device on the last page, showing Saint Christopher carrying a man with a wooden leg on his back and holding a small dog on a leash. All three works are set in Aldine-style italic types, the Erasmus also with a long passage in Greek. 18th-century gold-tooled calf, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, a double fillet border on both boards with small gold-tooled ornaments at the four corners, red edges.
Adamus Macropedii fabula Christianae pietatis plaena ...Utrecht, Herman van Borculo, 1552. With:(2) Sententiae singulis versibus contentae, ex diversorum poëtarum sententiis Graecis, Latinae redditae.(Colophon:) Antwerp, Johannes Loeus, 1544.(3) ERASMUS, Desiderius. [Drop title:] Christiani hominis institutum.Including: ISOCRATES. [Drop title:] Ad demonicum paraenesis.[Antwerp, Jan Verwithagen?, 1551?].3 works in 1 volume. Small 8vo (13.5 x 9 cm). With a woodcut publisher's device on the title page, dated 1551 and including cupid with a crossbow, and a large woodcut device on the last page, showing Saint Christopher carrying a man with a wooden leg on his back and holding a small dog on a leash. All three works are set in Aldine-style italic types, the Erasmus also with a long passage in Greek. 18th-century gold-tooled calf, with the title lettered in gold on the spine, a double fillet border on both boards with small gold-tooled ornaments at the four corners, red edges.
MACROPEDIUS, Georgius. · 1549
€4,500.00 ($4,959.82 | £3,754.20 | ¥792,019)
[68]; [12]; [12] ll.Ad 1: Very rare first edition of Macropedius's Adamus, a popular school drama on the history of mankind since the fall of man until the birth of Jesus. Macropedius's comedies and tragedies, inspired by the plays of Plautus and Terence, are outstanding speci...
[Antiqui rhetores Latini.] ... Omnia ex codd. manusc. emendatiora vel auctiora. Paris, Adrien Périer (ex officina Plantiniana), 1599. Large 4to. Set in roman types with incidental italic, Greek and Hebrew. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with 18th-century restorations, with the arms of Aire-sur-la-Lys (an eagle) flanked by "S.P.Q. ... Arien[sis]". Rebacked with the original backstrip laid down.
[Antiqui rhetores Latini.] ... Omnia ex codd. manusc. emendatiora vel auctiora. Paris, Adrien Périer (ex officina Plantiniana), 1599. Large 4to. Set in roman types with incidental italic, Greek and Hebrew. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with 18th-century restorations, with the arms of Aire-sur-la-Lys (an eagle) flanked by "S.P.Q. ... Arien[sis]". Rebacked with the original backstrip laid down.
RUTILIUS LUPUS, Publius and 15 others (François PITHOU, ed.). · 1543
€2,950.00 ($3,251.44 | £2,461.08 | ¥519,212)
[4], 382, [15], [1 blank] pp.First edition of a collection of 15 classical and mediaeval school texts on the art of rhetoric, in a rare 16th-century French prize binding from Aire-sur- la-Lys, in the French department Pas-de Calais, on the border of French Flanders and Artois....
Joconde ou les coureurs d'aventures.Including: [ALMANAC]. Petit souvenir des dames.Paris, chez Janet, [1815]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 16mo. With an engraved title for both parts, and 6 fine stipple-engraved plates by Massol after designs by Sébastian Le Roy, protected by tissue paper guards. Contemporary gold-tooled dark red paper, imitating straight-grained morocco, with a vine on the spine and an ornamental border on both boards, gilt edges. Housed in a matching slipcase.
Joconde ou les coureurs d'aventures.Including: [ALMANAC]. Petit souvenir des dames.Paris, chez Janet, [1815]. 2 parts in 1 volume. 16mo. With an engraved title for both parts, and 6 fine stipple-engraved plates by Massol after designs by Sébastian Le Roy, protected by tissue paper guards. Contemporary gold-tooled dark red paper, imitating straight-grained morocco, with a vine on the spine and an ornamental border on both boards, gilt edges. Housed in a matching slipcase.
[ALMANAC]. · 1775
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
48, [36] pp.Beautiful almanac for ladies, here published for the first time, inspired by the great success of the Paris opéra comique of the same name, written by Nicolas Isouard (1775-1818). Consequently, Joconde contains a collection of the most popular songs from the musica...
Traité général du commerce, contenant des observations sur le commerce des principaux etats de l'Europe... les productions naturelles, l'industrie de chaque païs... des détails sur les monnoies, poids et mesures... des règles sur différentes opérations de négoce... enfin les ordonnances et usages établis à Amsterdam, touchant les assurances et le réglement des avaries.Amsterdam, E. van Harreveld and A. Soetens, 1781. 2 volumes. 4to. With the title pages printed in red and black, a woodcut headpiece in each volume, and numerous tables in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with a modern spine.
Traité général du commerce, contenant des observations sur le commerce des principaux etats de l'Europe... les productions naturelles, l'industrie de chaque païs... des détails sur les monnoies, poids et mesures... des règles sur différentes opérations de négoce... enfin les ordonnances et usages établis à Amsterdam, touchant les assurances et le réglement des avaries.Amsterdam, E. van Harreveld and A. Soetens, 1781. 2 volumes. 4to. With the title pages printed in red and black, a woodcut headpiece in each volume, and numerous tables in the text. Contemporary gold-tooled calf with a modern spine.
RICARD, Samuel. · 1700
€1,250.00 ($1,377.73 | £1,042.83 | ¥220,005)
[8], 624; [8], XVI, 530 pp.Unrecorded issue of the best edition of Ricard's classic on commerce, finance, and insurance, including commercial laws and customs, with an emphasis on the Low Countries. First published in 1700, the work has by now grown into two stout volumes. The...
Daegelyksche aenteekening van alle de goederen te verwen komende bij Joannes Baptista Joffroy begonst 1734. [Mechelen (Malines, Belgium), 1 April 1734-31 August 1759]. Folio (32.5 x 21 cm). Manuscript journal of accounts in dark brown ink on paper, written in Dutch in an upright gothic hand, with each page ruled in double and single lines to make 4 or 5 columns and up to 22 rows, decorated with hundreds of pen flourishes, three forming pictures of birds as tailpieces and with a decorative cross to begin 1750 (some other years with a simpler cross), a couple headings with additions in red. Contemporary vellum.
Daegelyksche aenteekening van alle de goederen te verwen komende bij Joannes Baptista Joffroy begonst 1734. [Mechelen (Malines, Belgium), 1 April 1734-31 August 1759]. Folio (32.5 x 21 cm). Manuscript journal of accounts in dark brown ink on paper, written in Dutch in an upright gothic hand, with each page ruled in double and single lines to make 4 or 5 columns and up to 22 rows, decorated with hundreds of pen flourishes, three forming pictures of birds as tailpieces and with a decorative cross to begin 1750 (some other years with a simpler cross), a couple headings with additions in red. Contemporary vellum.
[MANUSCRIPT]. JOFFROY, Joannes Baptista (Jean-Baptiste). · 1699
€3,750.00 ($4,133.18 | £3,128.50 | ¥660,016)
[268] pp.Journal of accounts of the cloth dyeing factory of Joannes Baptista Joffroy (1699/1708-post 1772?) in Mechelen (Malines) in the Southern Netherlands (now Belgium) under the Austrian Habsburgs, beginning on 1 April 1734 and ending with 21 August 1759. Most of the entri...
Trigonometria plana, et sphaerica, linearis, & logarithmica. Hoc est, tam per sinuum, tangentium, & secantium multiplicationem, ac divisionem iuxta veteres: quam per logarithmorum simplicem fere additionem iuxta recentiores; ad triangulorum dimetiendos angulos, & latera procedens.Bologna, heirs of Victor Benati, 1643. 4to. With engraved frontispiece and 28 geometrical figures on a folding engraved plate. Contemporary vellum, with manuscript title on spine.
Trigonometria plana, et sphaerica, linearis, & logarithmica. Hoc est, tam per sinuum, tangentium, & secantium multiplicationem, ac divisionem iuxta veteres: quam per logarithmorum simplicem fere additionem iuxta recentiores; ad triangulorum dimetiendos angulos, & latera procedens.Bologna, heirs of Victor Benati, 1643. 4to. With engraved frontispiece and 28 geometrical figures on a folding engraved plate. Contemporary vellum, with manuscript title on spine.
CAVALIERI, Bonaventura Francesco. · 1598
€2,500.00 ($2,755.46 | £2,085.66 | ¥440,011)
[16], 71, [1 blank]; [4], 44, [4] ll. (tables)First edition of the celebrated mathematical textbook on trigonometry by Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598-1647), a student of Galileo and professor in mathematics at Bologna. He discovered the method of indivisibles, the first step in i...
Opera mathematica, quorum elenchus in fine praefationis typographia ad lectorem exhibetur. Opera sane aurea in lucem publicam & usum erudita posteritatis gratulantibus litteratorum geniis edita.Antwerp, Henricus & Cornelius Verdussen, 1707. Folio. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece illustrating light refraction through lenses and the teaching of drawing with compasses, large engraved publisher's device on title-page, title in red and black, and numerous illustrations and figures on 87 folding engraved plates. Contemporary richly blind- and gold-tooled vellum over wooden boards, on the front board, the coat-of-arms of the Cartusiae Maurbacensis as centrepiece on the back board, red edges, two metal clasps.
Opera mathematica, quorum elenchus in fine praefationis typographia ad lectorem exhibetur. Opera sane aurea in lucem publicam & usum erudita posteritatis gratulantibus litteratorum geniis edita.Antwerp, Henricus & Cornelius Verdussen, 1707. Folio. With a richly engraved allegorical frontispiece illustrating light refraction through lenses and the teaching of drawing with compasses, large engraved publisher's device on title-page, title in red and black, and numerous illustrations and figures on 87 folding engraved plates. Contemporary richly blind- and gold-tooled vellum over wooden boards, on the front board, the coat-of-arms of the Cartusiae Maurbacensis as centrepiece on the back board, red edges, two metal clasps.
TACQUET, André. · 1612
€6,950.00 ($7,660.16 | £5,798.15 | ¥1,223,229)
[32], 553, [1 blank] pp.Second and best edition of the collected works on applied mathematics, by André Tacquet (1612-1660), a Belgian Jesuit scientist and professor in mathematics at Louvain and Antwerp. It is richly illustrated with mathemical drawings concerning the applica...