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Specific

• Author:

  BETTINI, Mario (1582-1657)

• Title:

  Apiaria universae philosophiae mathematicae.

• Place: Bologna
• Publisher: J.B. Ferroni
• Data: 1642-1654
• Format: 3 volls. Folio (367x250mm)
• Comparison bibliographic: BL/ STC 17th-century Italian p. 103; Brunet I, 833; Houzeau & Lancaster 9316; Riccardi I 123-24.

Product's description

Vols I-II: contemporary vellum, manuscript titles along spines (covers bowed, spines a little torn). Vol. III: contemporary pasteboard with manuscript title, uncut (lightly soiled). Pagination of vols I-II as in Riccardi. Vol. III: [34], 199[1], [20], 54pp. Engraved frontispieces, folding in vols I-II, engraved equestrian portrait of Ferdinand III, engraved and woodcut illustrations. Halftitle in vol. III. This magnificent publication is rarely found complete. It covers many aspects of mathematics, physics, catoptrics, dioptrics, dialling, surveying and includes descriptions of many machines including a machine of perpetual motion. The second volume has a section on music and acoustics. Occasional soiling, half-title stained, holes on O3-O4 of vol. III, a few quires near
end of vol.III browned, final leaf of text holed (with
slight loss) and repaired, lacking final blank. A very
good copy.

Provenance: Jesuit College at Brescia.