Casati, Paolo ~ Fabrica, Et Uso Del Compasso Di Proportione, Dove Insegna A Gli Artefici Il Modo Di Fare In Esso Le Necessarie Divisioni, E Con Vari Problemi Usuali Mostra L’utilita De Questo Stromento
Bologna, Giovanni Battista Ferroni, 1664.
£1,100
First edition, Bologna 1664, title with woodcut device, woodcut diagrams, initials, head- and tail-pieces, 4 folding engraved plates 2ff. errata at end, title with small paper overslip changing "Del Molto" to "Il Molto", occasional marginal water staining, small tear in pastedown with loss, occasional very neat repairs and restorations to extreme margins and corners (typically 5mm), later limp vellum, [Riccardi i, 271; Tomash & Williams C32], 4to, Bologna, Giovanni Battista Ferroni, 1664.Provenance: Grigorius Vivvarellus (early ink signature to title), and Erwin Tomash (bookplate)
BINDING : Softcover
INVENTORY NUMBER: 109732