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ZUCHETTA, PRIMA PARTE DELLA ARITMETICA, BRESCIA 1600
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Prima parte della arimmetica... Per la quale con mirabile ordine, & nuove regole si risolve con maravigliosa facilità ogni dubbio mercantesco. Con un trattato che risolue qualunque quesito bisognoso à zecchieri, orefici, & argentari. Copiosa di postille, & tavole. Brescia: Vincenzo Sabbio, 1600
FIRST EDITION, folio (325 x 230mm.), title within engraved architectural border incorporating a vignette portrait of the author, engraved portrait of the dedicatee, woodcut initials and headpieces, printed correction slip pasted to **3, seventeenth-century vellum, some slight dampstaining
Provenance
bought from B. & L. Rootenberg Rare Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, 1987
Literature
Tomash & Williams Z13; Edit16 30423; Hoock & Jeannin Z4.1; Riccardi ii, 674; Smith, Rara arithmetica, p.425; USTC 857764; Van Egmond p.350
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Zuchetta, a mathematician from Genoa, never seems to have published the second part of his mercantile treatise. In the preface he apologises for his use of provincial Italian instead of the more usual Tuscan.