Pomodoro, Geometria pratica, Rome, 1772, carta rustica

Giovanni Pomodoro

Geometria pratica ridotta in tavole cinquantuno con le spiegazioni di Giovanni Scala, matematico. Rome: Generoso Salomoni for Carlo Losi, 1772

folio (440 x 290mm.), woodcut vignette on title-page, 44 + 7 engraved plates, contemporary carta rustica, UNCUT, plates 10-11 becoming loose, last few leaves slightly damp-stained with a few small wormholes, binding slightly worn

A reprinting of Pomodoro's sixteenth-century work on surveying.

PROVENANCE:

Bought in Rome in 1804 by Alessandro Maggiori, inscription at foot of title-page (plausibly the art collector, 1764-1834)