Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico et Militare di Galileo Galilei
$6,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan
A superlative copy of the scarce third edition of Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico, containing an enlarged illustration of Galileo’s sector for measuring and swiftly computing distances and mathematical problems. The original edition, published in 1606 and Galileo’s first printed book of significance, did not contain an illustration of his..... More
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