Opticorum libri sex philosophis iuxta ac mathematicis utilis

by François d’ Aguilon

$22,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Antwerp: Plantin Press for the widow and sons of Jan Moretus, 1613. First edition, and a fine copy, of this great Jesuit treatise on optics, with engraved allegorical frontispiece and exquisite headpieces designed by Peter Paul Rubens. “A master treatise on optics that synthesized the works of Euclid, Ibn al-Haytham Alhazen , Vitellio, Roger Bacon, Pena, Ramus Pierre de la Ramée , Risner, and Kepler” DSB . “A

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