1595 GEOMETRY ILLUSTRATED antique GEOMETRICI di SILVIO BELLI VICENTINO

QUATTRO LIBRI GEOMETRICI di SILVIO BELLI VICENTINO

by Belli Silvio

( Four geometric books [...].
 Useful and necessary for the true and easy understanding of Arithmetic and Geometry... )

In Venice: by Ruberto Megietti; 1595

Fully illustrated


 [8], 132 [ie 134], [2] pp.

Beautiful typographic device on the title page, valuable woodcut headpieces, initials and tailpieces and many woodcuts accompanying the text.

 Some dampstains,   some woodworm damage.

Hole in the M3 leaf, lacks front endpaper, inner front hinge broken, other signs of age

Original full limp vellum

Collective edition which propose the application of geometry to architecture (distances, measurements, proportions—including those of the Earth—depths, etc.).

Adams B-521; BL/STC Italian p. 79; Honeyman 273; Riccardi I, 108: 'rare';

Cicognara 427: "Silvio Belli's works are highly prized for their knowledge and clarity of exposition."

Size 6 by 8"

Text in Italian
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