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290
scholar and physician J. Jonston (1603-1675), 1st publ. in Latin in 1657. Incomplete but still an
interesting collection of some
232 engr. pl.
by Mathäeus Merian. At the end 3 pls with a nice variety
of dragons. One of the most spectacular animal books from the 17th century showing elephants, a
unicorn, a rhinoceros, cats and dogs, frogs, whales, mermaids, falcons and other birds of prey. Text
in 2 cols. Bookpl. F.H.M. Ouwerling.
Ref.
Nissen ZBI 2136 (counts 249 pl.). STCN.
1016 [Physics]
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LIBES, Antoine
- Traité élémentaire de physique. Présenté dans un ordre nouveau,
d’après les découvertes modernes. Paris, Deterville, 1801, 3 vol., quarter calf, gilt flat spines
(somewhat rubbed), red title labels, xvj-410-[1], [4]-448, [4]-414 pp. (some min. browning). Good
copy.
€ 150/200
First edition
. Illustrated with
30 folding engr. pl.
Bookpl. Doni di Valenzi.
Ref.
Bn-Opale plus.
1017 [Surveying]
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SCHWENTER, Daniel
- Geometriae practicae novae et auctae libri IV (...) Im I.
(...) wie man in der Geometria (...) mit (...) Instrumenten (...) practiciren solle. Im II. wie (...) das
Land zu messen. Im III. Die Beschreibung desz (...) geometrischen Tischleins M. Johannis Praetorii.
Im IV. Die Erfindung Camillae Ravertae, aus einem Stand das Land zu messen. Nürnberg, Endter
& Heirs of W. Endter jr., 1667, 4to, cont. calf (corners rubbed), spine on 4 raised bands, sp. edges,
[56]-820 pp. (usual toning and spotting, edges of 1st ff. frayed with loss of blank part of fore-edge
margin of front., worming in blank top margin of 1st ff.). Good copy.
Cfr. ill.
€ 1000/1200
Major German textbook on surveying by D. Schwenter (1585-1636). Ills:
engr. front.
by P. Troschel,
1 folding engr.
,
122 woodcuts
and
424 diagrams
. The 1st book is a treatise on general mathematics
and the principles of geometry. The 2nd deals entirely with techniques of surveying. The 3rd part
describes a surveying instrument (the “mensula praetoriana”) invented by the scientific instrument
maker Johann Praetorius (Richter) and its application. The 4th part is in fact a German trsl. of
Curzio Casati’s “Geometricum problema” (Milan 1602). He shows himself to be particularly well
acquainted with the contemporary Italian mathematical literature, giving in particular a resumé
of some of the work of Pietro Antonio Cataldi. Title in red & black.
Ref.
VD-17 12:195143Q.
Poggendorff II:878. Riccardi I:343. Not in Paisey (BL).
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