Opticorum libri sex philosophis juxta ac mathematicis utilis. Illustrated

by Rubens by François d' Aguilon

$18,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

A fine copy of this master treatise on optics that synthesized the works of Euclid, Ibn al-Haytham Alhazen , Vitellion, Roger Bacon, Pena, Ramus Pierre de la Ramee , Risner, and Kepler. DSB . Aguilon was one of the first of a long line of distinguished Jesuit writers on optics. His treatise has acquired a great deal of attention because of its seven engravings by Theodore Galle after drawings by Peter Paul Rubens. It is not so well known that

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