Forestani (Lorenzo) Pratica d'Arithmetica e Geometria, first edition, title and colophon with woodcut device, woodcut initials, diagrams and illustrations, occasional light foxing, light staining at beginning and end, repaired holes to title, hole to 2F8 with minor loss to text (words supplied in ink by an early hand), small marginal repairs, pulling to early gatherings, contemporary morocco, gilt, new label to spine, new endpapers, [Riccardi, i 478; Tomash & Williams F86], small 4to, Venice, Giorgio Varisco, 1603. ⁂ Rare. We can trace only 1 other complete copy at auction. Provenance: Di Filippo di Pauolo Sforzi da Pescia (ink inscriptions); Biblioteca Magliabechiana, Florence (ink stamp to title)
Forestani (Lorenzo) Pratica d'Arithmetica e Geometria, first edition, title and colophon with woodcut device, woodcut initials, diagrams and illustrations, occasional light foxing, light staining at beginning and end, repaired holes to title, hole to 2F8 with minor loss to text (words supplied in ink by an early hand), small marginal repairs, pulling to early gatherings, contemporary morocco, gilt, new label to spine, new endpapers, [Riccardi, i 478; Tomash & Williams F86], small 4to, Venice, Giorgio Varisco, 1603. ⁂ Rare. We can trace only 1 other complete copy at auction. Provenance: Di Filippo di Pauolo Sforzi da Pescia (ink inscriptions); Biblioteca Magliabechiana, Florence (ink stamp to title)
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