CURTZ, Albert von-HIRSCH, Sigfried. Amussis Ferdinandea, ad problemata Universae Matheseos, et praesertim Architecturae Militaris explicata. Monaco, Nic. Henricus, 1654
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Small 4to, mm. 210x145; Contemporary full vellum binding; Frontispiece, pp. 10 not numbered, including halftitle, Titlepage and 2 plates at full page, 570, i.e. 170, 6 nn., 2 b.; Registro: [A]4 B-Y4 Z6, p. 170 error numbering 570, last leaf bl. Pictorial Frontispiece, 2 plates at full page within the text depicting the 4 sides of Amussis, 10 Vignette with putti in various geometric and architectonic operations, all engraved by Melchior Küssel.
RARE EDITION. This work, published by the Jesuit with the Sigefridus Hirsch pseudonym, illustrates a tool devised by Ferdinand III Emperor of Germany in his "idleness literati", to be used especially of the military architecture of fortification works. The Amussis consists of a double-parallelogram on whose faces 4 are shown the elements of the arithmetic and geometric measurement, derived from similar tools already used by Clavius and Galileo. The work, divided into 10 sections, exposes problems in arithmetic, geometry, linear, flat, solid, ballistic, gnomonics and military architecture, trigonometry, geodesy.
Marini, Bibl. Fortification, pp. 95-96; Sommervogel, n. XXXX.
Condition Report: Slight sign of yellowing, good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
RARE EDITION. This work, published by the Jesuit with the Sigefridus Hirsch pseudonym, illustrates a tool devised by Ferdinand III Emperor of Germany in his "idleness literati", to be used especially of the military architecture of fortification works. The Amussis consists of a double-parallelogram on whose faces 4 are shown the elements of the arithmetic and geometric measurement, derived from similar tools already used by Clavius and Galileo. The work, divided into 10 sections, exposes problems in arithmetic, geometry, linear, flat, solid, ballistic, gnomonics and military architecture, trigonometry, geodesy.
Marini, Bibl. Fortification, pp. 95-96; Sommervogel, n. XXXX.
Condition Report: Slight sign of yellowing, good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
