MANZINI, Carlo Antonio (d. 1677?). L'Occhiale all'occhio dioptrica pratica. Bologna: Heir of Benacci, 1660. 4o (204 x 148 mm). Woodcut title-vignette, engraved portrait, numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text.(Two patch repairs on blank title margins, and one on lower margin of following leaf, some light mostly marginal foxing.) Contemporary limp vellum. Provenance: Discalced Carmelites, Convent of S. Maria de Victoria, Urbino (early inscription on title-page); institutional stamp on title, duplicate stamp on title and one blank margin. FIRST EDITION of this important work on the making of lenses, spectacles, telescopes, etc. NLM/Krivatsy 7389; Riccardi II, 96; Wellcome II, p. 48.

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MANZINI, Carlo Antonio (d. 1677?). L'Occhiale all'occhio dioptrica pratica. Bologna: Heir of Benacci, 1660. 4o (204 x 148 mm). Woodcut title-vignette, engraved portrait, numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text.(Two patch repairs on blank title margins, and one on lower margin of following leaf, some light mostly marginal foxing.) Contemporary limp vellum. Provenance: Discalced Carmelites, Convent of S. Maria de Victoria, Urbino (early inscription on title-page); institutional stamp on title, duplicate stamp on title and one blank margin. FIRST EDITION of this important work on the making of lenses, spectacles, telescopes, etc. NLM/Krivatsy 7389; Riccardi II, 96; Wellcome II, p. 48.

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