Tartaglia, Niccolò.

Ibid. Quesiti et inventioni diverse... di novo restampati con una gionta al sesto libro. (Venice: Niccolò Bascarini for) the author, 1554, woodcut portrait of the author on title-page, woodcut initials and illustrations (one separately printed and pasted to foredge of S3)



Ibid. Regola generale di solevare ogni fondata nave & navilii con ragione. (Venice: Curzio Troiano Navò, 1562), woodcut initials and illustrations, folding woodcut plate,



3 works in one volume, 4to (207 x 148mm.), contemporary vellum, occasional light staining, binding soiled, hinges broken

Censimento 16 CNCE 31552, 31875 & 31563; Riccardi ii, 496, 499 & 504

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Tartaglia's mathematical treatises also covered more practical subjects such as ballistics (including cannon trajectories), fortifications and the floating of submerged ships. La nova scientia, originally published in 1537, proved a seminal work on motion and led to the discoveries of Galileo and others in this area.

These three treatises were probably issued together by Troiano Navò in 1562, using printed sheets left over from previous editions.