Lot 526
  • 526

PITISCUS, SINUUM, TANGENTIUM ET SECANTIUM CANON MANUALIS, 3 COPIES, 1613, 1620, 1623

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of three volumes of tables, comprising:
i. Sinuum, tangentium et secantium canon manualis. Heidelberg & Frankfurt: Johann Lancelot for Jonas Rosa, 1613, 12mo, (bought from Emma Sermoneta, Bologna, 1994, Catalogue 18, item 126), [T&W P90; USTC 2016430; VD17 14:634982P], text browned and damp-stained, name erased from titleii. another edition. Heidelberg & Frankfurt: Johann Georg Geyder for Jonas Rosa, 1620, upper cover lettered in gilt "IIHS 1628", (bought from Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Worcester, MA, 1990), [T&W P91; VD17 39:115082B]iii. another edition [edited by Denis Henrion]. Paris: Melchior Mondière, 1623, 32mo, a few woodcut diagrams, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Librairie Thomas-Scheler, Paris, 1987, Catalogue 12: Précurseurs et novateurs: Mathématiques, item 371, FF 650), [T&W H108; USTC 6033442] together 3 volumes, Latin text, contemporary vellum

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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