NIEROP, MATHEMATISCHE CALCULATIE [AND] WIS-KONSTIGE MUSYKA, AMSTERDAM, 1659, 2 PARTS, CONTEMPORARY VELLUM

FIRST EDITION, 2 parts in one volume, 8vo (180 x 109mm.), woodcut portrait on titles, 5 folding tables in part 1, 4 folding engraved plates in part 2, woodcut diagrams, contemporary vellum, modern folding cloth box 

Bibliothecae Publicae Amstelaedamensis, inkstamp on title (counter-stamped "Doublet"); H. Albers, signature, and other inscriptions; bought from B. & L. Rootenberg Rare Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, 1985

Tomash & Williams N39-40; Crone Library 222; Hoogendoorn p.748 RemD12-13; STCN 853555621, 853555915

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Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (1610-1682) was an eminent Dutch mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, and cartographer. The mathematical treatise comprising the first part of this work ranges from plane and spherical trigonometry to the creation of sundials on various surfaces. The second part is a mathematical/technical discussion of music.