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Surveying - 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 (...)...

Estimation : 1000 / 1000
Adjudication : Invendu
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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. 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.
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