[CAVALIERI, Bonaventura (1598-1647)]. Trattato della Ruota Planetaria Perpetua e dell' uso di quella principalmente per ritrovare i luoghi de' Pianeti alla Lansbergiana. Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1646. 4° (240 x 175mm). Half-title, 2 folding engraved plates at end. (Lacking one folding mathematical table, one plate loose, a5 close trimmed and with small chip causing slight loss, some spotting and browning.) Later stiff card wrappers (spine lightly soiled, front hinge starting).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Cavalier's last work, an astronomical tract published under the pseudonymn of Silvio Filomantio. The second issue has a correction pasted onto p. 52. Honeyman II, 648, Riccardi I, 328; Tomash C-51.
[CAVALIERI, Bonaventura (1598-1647)]. Trattato della Ruota Planetaria Perpetua e dell' uso di quella principalmente per ritrovare i luoghi de' Pianeti alla Lansbergiana. Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1646. 4° (240 x 175mm). Half-title, 2 folding engraved plates at end. (Lacking one folding mathematical table, one plate loose, a5 close trimmed and with small chip causing slight loss, some spotting and browning.) Later stiff card wrappers (spine lightly soiled, front hinge starting).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE of Cavalier's last work, an astronomical tract published under the pseudonymn of Silvio Filomantio. The second issue has a correction pasted onto p. 52. Honeyman II, 648, Riccardi I, 328; Tomash C-51.
