Live auction - Lot 1058
[Mathematics]
Della quadratura del circolo e del doppiamento del cubo con la giunta di altre simili cose dimostrazioni geometriche = De circuli quadratura et de cubi duplicatione cum similium aliarum rerum accessione Demonstrationes geometricae.
Florence, P.G. Viviani, 1751
€ 150 / 250
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Lot description
4to: xx-87 pp.; 8 pl.
Contemp. vellum, spine with 4 raised bands, red leather title label. Good copy.
First edition and very rare treatise on the quadrature of the circle by the Italian mathematician Filippo Carmagnini (17th c.). Ill. with 8 fold. engr. pl. showing geometrical figures. With Latin and Italian text printed on facing pages. Engr. vign. on titles. Titles in red & black.
Ref. Opac SBN. - Riccardi I:265. - COPAC. - Not in BnF.
Prov. FM (mod. label). - Armorial bookpl.