Live Auction 3013Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including a selection from the Malcolm S. Forbes Jr. Churchill Collection and Photobooks from the Calle Collection
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Lot 89

CAVALIERI, Bonaventura (1598-1647). Trigonometria plana, et sphaerica, linearis, & logarithmica. Bologna: heirs of Benacci, 1643. 4° (231 x 163). Additional engraved title. (Waterstained, H4-I2 of tables holed with loss of some figures, final leaves with small wormtrack affecting a few figures.) Old vellum-backed decorated boards (edges rubbed).

Closed28 November 2011

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CAVALIERI, Bonaventura (1598-1647). Trigonometria plana, et sphaerica, linearis, & logarithmica. Bologna: heirs of Benacci, 1643. 4° (231 x 163). Additional engraved title. (Waterstained, H4-I2 of tables holed with loss of some figures, final leaves with small wormtrack affecting a few figures.) Old vellum-backed decorated boards (edges rubbed).

FIRST EDITION of the book which introduced the use of logarithmic/trigonometric tables to Italy. Cinti 111; Riccardi I, 328.