CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612): Geometria Practica . Rome: ex typographia Aloisii Zannetti, 1604. 4° (212 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device on title and final leaf, diagrams and illustrations. (Small hole in title just touching one letter, occasional heavy browning, marginal paper flaw to Bb1 not affecting text, tear to Ggg3 at lower margin without loss.) Contemporary vellum (rebacked in the ?17th century). Provenance : Christophorus Clavius (inscription to:) -- Cardinal Ferdinando Taverna -- old library call number discreetly stamped to verso of title and in margin of D2r.
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612): Geometria Practica . Rome: ex typographia Aloisii Zannetti, 1604. 4° (212 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device on title and final leaf, diagrams and illustrations. (Small hole in title just touching one letter, occasional heavy browning, marginal paper flaw to Bb1 not affecting text, tear to Ggg3 at lower margin without loss.) Contemporary vellum (rebacked in the ?17th century). Provenance : Christophorus Clavius (inscription to:) -- Cardinal Ferdinando Taverna -- old library call number discreetly stamped to verso of title and in margin of D2r. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY of Clavius's geometrical treatise to Cardinal Ferdinando Taverna (1558-1619, Governor of Rome from 1599 to 1604). Honeyman II 718.
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612): Geometria Practica . Rome: ex typographia Aloisii Zannetti, 1604. 4° (212 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device on title and final leaf, diagrams and illustrations. (Small hole in title just touching one letter, occasional heavy browning, marginal paper flaw to Bb1 not affecting text, tear to Ggg3 at lower margin without loss.) Contemporary vellum (rebacked in the ?17th century). Provenance : Christophorus Clavius (inscription to:) -- Cardinal Ferdinando Taverna -- old library call number discreetly stamped to verso of title and in margin of D2r.
CLAVIUS, Christophorus (1537-1612): Geometria Practica . Rome: ex typographia Aloisii Zannetti, 1604. 4° (212 x 155mm). Woodcut printer's device on title and final leaf, diagrams and illustrations. (Small hole in title just touching one letter, occasional heavy browning, marginal paper flaw to Bb1 not affecting text, tear to Ggg3 at lower margin without loss.) Contemporary vellum (rebacked in the ?17th century). Provenance : Christophorus Clavius (inscription to:) -- Cardinal Ferdinando Taverna -- old library call number discreetly stamped to verso of title and in margin of D2r. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY of Clavius's geometrical treatise to Cardinal Ferdinando Taverna (1558-1619, Governor of Rome from 1599 to 1604). Honeyman II 718.
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