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CASATI, FABRICA, ET USO DEL COMPASSO DI PROPORTIONE, BOLOGNA, 1664, MODERN VELLUM
估價
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
招標截止
描述
- Fabrica, et uso del compasso di proportione, dove insegna à gli artefici il modo di fare in esso le necessarie divisioni, e con vari problemi usuali mostra l'utilità de questo stromento. Bologna: Giovanni Battista Ferroni, 1664
FIRST EDITION, 4to (204 x 147mm.), woodcut on title, 4 folding engraved plates, 8 pp. woodcut illustrations at end, other woodcut diagrams in text, 2 ll. errata at the end, modern vellum, title with small paper overslip changing "Del Molto" to "Il Molto", repairs throughout (mostly marginal, also to plates)
來源
Grigorius Vivvarellus, signature on title; bought from Studio Bibliografico "Gutenberg", Milan, 1991
出版
Tomash & Williams C32; Riccardi i, 271
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, 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."
拍品資料及來源
Casati was professor of mathematics at the Jesuit Collegio Romano and then at the university of Parma. This work, one of many that he wrote, is a consolidation of Galileo's work on the compass (see lots 197 onwards); it was reprinted three times before the end of the seventeenth century. "...It not only contains good descriptions of usage, complete with many examples, but also discusses the manufacture of the device with two major foldout diagrams that could be used as patterns for the scales. Unlike many such works that state the method of usage but then give very simple problems involving triangles (for example), Casati provides the reader with realistic problems involving regular shapes" (Tomash & Williams, p.259).