1574 TRATTATO di MESSER SEBASTIANO ERIZZO SIGNED by AUTHOR antique VELLUM BOUND

Erizzo, Sebastiano

TRATTATO di MESSER SEBASTIANO ERIZZO
DELL'ISTRUMENTO et VIA INUENTRICE de GLI ANTICHI

Venice, 1574

FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF ERIZZO'S FIRST BOOK

Back cover with ORIGINAL manuscript entry by AUTHOR !

Original limp vellum , worn, spine destroyed (covers holding on the ancient vellum manuscript waste used by the binder), back cover with some missing pieces at the lower edge

174 pp.

Size 5.5 by 8"

Text in Italian
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Sebastiano Erizzo (1525-1585) was a Venetian numismatist and writer, as well as a senator and later a member of the Council of Ten, governing Venice.
He is best known for his numismatic work, Discorso sopra le medaglie degli antichi (1559) and his translations of Plato. The present work, the author's first, is a complete treatise on inventions and scientific thought in antiquity.
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