Lot 576
  • 576

SCALIGER, CYCLOMETRICA ELEMENTA DUO [BOUND WITH] MESOLABIUM, LEIDEN, 1594

Estimate
500 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Cyclometrica elementa duo; Mesolabium. Leiden: Officina Plantiniana, 1594
2 parts in one volume, 4to (276 x 189mm), title to each part with woodcut Plantin device, text in Latin with some Greek, printed in red and black, woodcut diagrams, privilege leaf at end, ink annotations, sixteenth-century blindstamped panelled calf, speckled edges, some annotations cropped, occasional minor dampstaining, without the appendix (see footnote), binding slightly worn and repaired

Provenance

bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1993

Literature

Tomash & Williams S23, S24; Paul Valkema Blouw, Typographia Batava 1541-1600 (Nieuwkoop, 1998), nos. 4470-4471; Hoogendoorn p.784 Sca03 1.1 and p.784 Sca04 1.1; cf. STCN 840346018 (issues not differentiated)

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, 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.
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Catalogue Note

There are two issues of both parts, recognisable by the devices displayed on their title-pages. Here, the Cyclometria and Mesolabium have a woodcut “Labore et Constantia” device (in other issue, both have an engraved device). Some copies are found with an “Appendix ad Cyclometrica sua” (†4 2†6, pp.1-20); this also is known in two issues, with (and without) errata on the final page (cf. Adams, Catalogue of books 1501-1600 in Cambridge Libraries, S559/S560).