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BOISSIERE, NOBILISSIMUS ET ANTIQUISSIMUS LUDUS PYTHAGOREUS, PARIS, 1556, CONTEMPORARY CALF
估價
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
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描述
- Nobilissimus et antiquissimus ludus Pythagoreus (qui Rythmomachia nominatur) in utilitatem & relaxationem studiosorum comparatus. Paris: [Benoît Prévost] for Guillaume Cavellat, equipment for sale with Jean Gentil, 1556
8vo (170 x 110mm.), woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and headpieces, woodcut illustrations, contemporary blind-tooled calf, vellum endleaves, modern cloth folding box, title-page repaired in gutter, binding slightly rubbed, joints repaired
來源
M.B., initials on title-page; paper library label on inside front cover (institution's name erased); Jesuits of Bruges, inscription at head of title-page; bought from Antiquariat Konrad Meuschel, Bad Honnef am Rhein, 1998
出版
Tomash & Williams B192; IA 121.354; Renouard, Cavellat 92; USTC 152123; Van der Linde 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."
拍品資料及來源
A manual for the board game of battling numbers known as rithmomachia, ludus philosophorum, or philosopher's game. The author, a mathematician and teacher at the Collège Royal in Paris, suggests that Pythagoras and his followers may have been its inventors. The work had been first printed in French in 1554 (and "nouvellement amplifié" in 1556). On the title-page, the bookseller Cavellat directs the reader to a vendor of boards and playing-pieces (“Abacus & calculi vaeneunt in Palatio, apud Ioannem Gentil”). Boissière's version was first published in French in 1554 (USTC 81035). For Barozzi's Italian version from 1572, see lot 42.