Lot 639
  • 639

TABLES, FACTORS AND MULTIPLES, ITALIAN, 3 VOLUMES

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1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 3 volumes in Italian, comprising:
i. Padovani, Giovanni. Della computatione de' tempi, ove si mostra l'utilità che si riceve dal moto de lumi celesti con la detrattione di quei dieci giorni fatta l'anno 1582. Verona: Girolamo Discepolo, 1590, 4to, partially printed in red and black, woodcut initials and diagrams, later cloth-backed marbled boards, manuscript spine label, partial old inscription on title, (bought from Mediolanum, Milan, 1991), [T&W P4; EDIT16 58424; USTC 846047], title with small hole following a removal of inscription, another rubbed outii. Pigri, Giuseppe. Nuove tavole degli elementi dei numeri dall'1. al 10000. Pisa: Giovanni Paolo Giovannelli, 1758, FIRST EDITION, small 4to, 2 printed folding tables (of 3), later pink boards, manuscript spine label, (bought from Gonnelli & Figli, Florence, 1988, Catalogue 33, item 532), [T&W P83; Riccardi i, 279-280], lacking one folding table, minor soiling and spotting, rebacked and repairediii. Scheiner, Christoph (1575-1650). Pratica del parallelogrammo da disegnare. Verona: Francesco Rossi, 1652, 8vo, 20pp. 2 engraved plates, mounted on edges of leaves, woodcut initials, old vellum, title in ink on upper cover, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Mediolanum, Milan, 1988), [T&W S36; cf. Riccardi ii, 561, later edition], a few repairs, dampstaining, slightly rubbed

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