Pantometrum Kircherianum Hoc Est Instrumentum Geometricum Novum A Celeberrimo Viro P Athanasio

by Gaspar Schott

$7,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

Added engraved title with the arms & port. of the dedicatee, Christian Ludwig I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin & 32 engraved plates one is folding . 12 p.l., 408, 20 pp. Small thick 4to, cont. vellum over boards minor browning throughout . Würzburg: J.G. Schönwetter, 1660. First edition of one of the most comprehensive works of the period dealing with all kinds of measuring operations, including surveying. Many of the instruments described were

• Binding: Leather

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