CAVALIERI, APPENDICE DELLA NUOVA PRATTICA ASTROLOGICA, BOLOGNA, 1640

FIRST EDITION, 2 parts in one volume, 12mo (147 x 68mm.), approx. 11 leaves folded over at fore-edge, modern boards, a few leaves cropped at fore-edge, some browning or slight spotting, very minor worming at end

bought from Edwin V. Glaser Rare Books, Sausalito, CA, 1991, Catalogue 94, item 362

Tomash & Williams C45; Riccardi i, 326 (no.7 & 8); USTC 819748

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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This is an appendix to Cavalieri’s Nuova prattica astrologica which was published in 1639 (see lot 112). It contains two sets of logarithmic tables (one trigonometric and one of the natural numbers), with an introduction to their use, together with tables for use in casting horoscopes. Riccardi, who had not seen the Appendice, dates it, presumably in error, to 1639.