Discorso Sopra la Fabrica e Uso delle Nuove Verghe Astronomiche
- Modern linen over boards.
- Florence: G Marescotti, 1582
Florence: G Marescotti, 1582. First Edition.. Modern linen over boards.. Good with some erratic spotting and toning; backstrip wanting.. Small 4to, 53, [1 - printer's device & privilege]. The book is illustrated throughout.
Lupicini was a military engineer who as early as 1552 had been involved in the sieges of Montalcino and Monticchiello. He also worked as a hydraulic engineer for the city of Venice. The book offered here is his explanation of a new astronomical staff devised by him. It could be used for various surveying problems or as a geometrical quadrant, and cross-staff. The instrument also included a magnetic compass (Breman) and the text discusses its application to ballistics and cartography. This is the only printing of the treatise. Adams, L-1723; Breman pp. 212 - 213; Riccardi II, 59; H-L #2741; Sphaera Mundi, #35.
Lupicini was a military engineer who as early as 1552 had been involved in the sieges of Montalcino and Monticchiello. He also worked as a hydraulic engineer for the city of Venice. The book offered here is his explanation of a new astronomical staff devised by him. It could be used for various surveying problems or as a geometrical quadrant, and cross-staff. The instrument also included a magnetic compass (Breman) and the text discusses its application to ballistics and cartography. This is the only printing of the treatise. Adams, L-1723; Breman pp. 212 - 213; Riccardi II, 59; H-L #2741; Sphaera Mundi, #35.
Details
Title
Discorso Sopra la Fabrica e Uso delle Nuove Verghe Astronomiche
Author
Lupicini, A - INSTRUMENTS
Binding
Modern linen over boards.
Condition
Good
Publisher
G Marescotti: Florence
Date
1582
Edition
First Edition.