CHIARAMONTI, Scipione (1565-1652). Opuscula varia mathematica. Bologna: Carlo Zenero, 1653.
4° (205 x 148mm). Half-title, woodcut device on title, woodcut diagrams and initials. (Occasional browning and faint waterstaining.) Modern vellum, manuscript title on spine, speckled edges.
FIRST EDITION. Scipione Chiaramonti was an anti-Copernican Oratorian from Cesena who wrote prolifically on a number of scientific and artistic topics, including local history, politics and stage design. The works contained in this text include De Phasibus Lunae, De Horizonte Sensibili, De Usu Speculi (on optics) and De Altitude Caucaso. Riccardi I 350 (‘Raro’).
CHIARAMONTI, Scipione (1565-1652). Opuscula varia mathematica. Bologna: Carlo Zenero, 1653.
4° (205 x 148mm). Half-title, woodcut device on title, woodcut diagrams and initials. (Occasional browning and faint waterstaining.) Modern vellum, manuscript title on spine, speckled edges.
FIRST EDITION. Scipione Chiaramonti was an anti-Copernican Oratorian from Cesena who wrote prolifically on a number of scientific and artistic topics, including local history, politics and stage design. The works contained in this text include De Phasibus Lunae, De Horizonte Sensibili, De Usu Speculi (on optics) and De Altitude Caucaso. Riccardi I 350 (‘Raro’).
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