Sold for:
$984
$984
Fine, Oronce (1494-1555) De Re Praxi Geometrica . Paris: Gourbinus, 1556. First separate edition, quarto, collated, complete, with final blank, illustrated with numerous text woodcuts and diagrams, contemporary ownership inscriptions from a Jesuit institution on the title, bound in contemporary limp parchment, occasional spotting to text. The illustrations depict geometrical instruments in use in the field, including the cross staff, the quadratum geometricum, and the astrolabe.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
