- 192
GALGEMAIR, HERRN GEORGIJ GALGEMAIRS KURTZER GRÜNDLICHER GEBESSERTER UNND VERMEHRTER UNDERRICHT, ULM, 1615
估價
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Log in to view results
招標截止
描述
- Kurtzer gründlicher gebesserter unnd vermehrter underricht, zubereitung und gebrauch, Der hochnutzlichen mathematischen Instrumenten, Porportional Schregmäss und Circkels, benebens dem fundament dess visierens. [Augsburg]: Stephan Michelspacher; Ulm: Johannes Meder, 1615
Second edition, small 4to (190 x 150mm.), 1 woodcut folding plate, 1 engraved folding plate, woodcut illustrations in text, old vellum, red edges, modern spine label, manuscript slip pasted on upper cover, p.108 rightly numbered, minor worming, tears to folding plates, vellum slightly soiled, lacking string ties
來源
Wolfgang Engelbrecht von Auersperg (1610-1673), inscription dated 1655; Princes of Auersperg, Castle Lesensteinleithen, Upper Austria; Johanna Auersperg de Mailhos of Montevideo, Uruguay, sale in these rooms, 14 June 1982, lot 146, H.P. Kraus, £300; bought from W.P. Watson, London, 1999
出版
Tomash & Williams B243; VD17 12:654449V (with “unnd vermehrter” and "Porportional" printed on title); cf. VD17 32:632840H (“und vermehrter” and “Proportional”) and 23:236794Z (“unnd vermehrter” and “Proportional”)
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
"Second, greatly expanded edition of a primer describing the construction & use of two instruments a proportional compass (Circkel) and lineal compass (Schregmäß) for the measurement of geometrical solids and lines, respectively. This 1615 edition is ninety-five pages longer than the initial pamphlet (1610), and substitutes an engraved plate for the second woodcut plate of the first edition. The construction of the instruments is described and the geometry and measurement of increasingly complex solids and linear configurations are explained" (Smithsonian Libraries). "Georg Brentel was a painter and engraver who published plans for sundials (the paper could be glued to boards to make a dial). Little is known about him other than that he was a pupil of Philipp Apian (the son of the famous mathematician and instrument maker Peter Apian). This expanded version of Brentel’s 1610 publication treats the same basic instruments (sector and proportional compass) but includes many examples of finding volumes, gauging, weights and measures, etc. An unusual printer’s device occupies the final page" (Tomash & Williams).