Lot 640
  • 640

TABLES, FACTORS AND MULTIPLES, ITALIAN, 5 VOLUMES IN 3 MODERN FOLDING BOXES

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400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 5 volumes in Italian, comprising:
i. [Anonymous]. Libretto d'abaco nuovamante stampato. Bologna: Vittorio Benacci, 1627, 16pp., woodcut on title and last leaf, typographic borders, wrappers, (bought from Il Polifilo, Milan, 1986), [T&L R26]ii. [Anonymous]. Libretto d'abaco. Venice & Bassano: Giovanni Antonio Remondini [no date; c.1650], 8pp., woodcut on last leaf, typographic borders, wrappers, (bought from Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, Los Angeles, 1986), [T&W R27]iii. Castagnola, Agostino. Libro d'abbaco doppio. Milan: Eredi Ghisolfi [no date; c.1700?], 16pp., title within typographic border, wrappers, (bought from Mediolanum, Milan, 1988), [T&W C37], slightly soiled and stainediv. [Anonymous]. Prattica, cioè nuoua invenzione di conteggiare, ridotta à modo tanto facile, che ogn'uno potrà far ogni gran conto, sì in vendere, come in comprare. Bologna: per l'Herede del Benacci, [no date; c.1650], 128pp., contemporary vellum, (bought from Mediolanum, Milan, 1987), [T&W R30], slight cropping, slight spotting, title with 2 small repairs (one affecting letters)v. [Anonymous]. Prattica cioè nuova invenzione di conteggiare, ridotta à modo tanto facile, che ogn'uno potrà far ogni gran conto, sì in vendere, come in comprare. Parma: Fratelli Borsi, [no date; c.1770], 165pp., contemporary vellum, (bought from Mediolanum, Milan, 1987), [T&W R29] together housed in 3 modern folding cloth boxes, various small sizes

Condition

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