COMMANDINO, Federico. Liber de Centro Gravitatis Solidorum. Bologna, Alessandro Benacci, 1565
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4to small, mm. 210x150; half vellum binding, title written on the back; cc. 4 nn. , 47, 1 b.; Initials figured, many geometric woodcuts within the text.
RareFIRST EDITION. It is one of the few original scientific work of Commandino, an elaborate system of theorems and proofs to determine the center of gravity of solid bodies of all shapes and sizes: among the new results obtained, the center of gravity of the pyramid and the paraboloid.Honeyman: “An original treatise on the centre of gravity of solid bodies”.
Riccardi, I, 42, n. 5, note; Honeyman, n. 739. Cfr. P. D. Napolitani, Nicchie per una nuova scienza.Scuole e corti nell’Italia del Rinascimento, 2008.
Condition Report: Some yellowed margins, but good specimen.Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione/The lot is offered with a valid export licence.
RareFIRST EDITION. It is one of the few original scientific work of Commandino, an elaborate system of theorems and proofs to determine the center of gravity of solid bodies of all shapes and sizes: among the new results obtained, the center of gravity of the pyramid and the paraboloid.Honeyman: “An original treatise on the centre of gravity of solid bodies”.
Riccardi, I, 42, n. 5, note; Honeyman, n. 739. Cfr. P. D. Napolitani, Nicchie per una nuova scienza.Scuole e corti nell’Italia del Rinascimento, 2008.
Condition Report: Some yellowed margins, but good specimen.Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione/The lot is offered with a valid export licence.
