TORELLI, Giuseppe. Elementorum Prospectivae Libri II.Verona, eredi di Marco Moroni, 1788.
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Small 4to, mm. 235x155; Contemporary full vellum binding, library label on the spine, sprayed edges; pp. VI, 246, 2 nn.
On titlepage nice portrait of the Author on copper, many geometrical illustrations within the text. Stamp of extinct library on Titlepage.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION.
The work aims to demonstrate, using only Euclid, the ancients knew the prospect. Of particular interest in the history of mathematics, it was published for the care of Giovanni Battista Bertolini; also it contains chapters on the theatrical perspective.
Cicognara: “Opera esposta con molta dottrina.” Edizione di pregio, stampata con molta eleganza; il ritratto dell’autore sul frontespizio è inciso in rame da Alessandri. Riccardi II, 539; UCBA, II, 1997; Cicognara 865; Poggendorff, II, 1117.
Good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
On titlepage nice portrait of the Author on copper, many geometrical illustrations within the text. Stamp of extinct library on Titlepage.
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION.
The work aims to demonstrate, using only Euclid, the ancients knew the prospect. Of particular interest in the history of mathematics, it was published for the care of Giovanni Battista Bertolini; also it contains chapters on the theatrical perspective.
Cicognara: “Opera esposta con molta dottrina.” Edizione di pregio, stampata con molta eleganza; il ritratto dell’autore sul frontespizio è inciso in rame da Alessandri. Riccardi II, 539; UCBA, II, 1997; Cicognara 865; Poggendorff, II, 1117.
Good copy. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
