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BUTEO, Johannes (ca 1492- ca 1572). Opera geometrica. Lyons: Thomas Bertellus, 1554.
4o (224 x 162 mm). Numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text. (Title-page lightly stained at bottom, small burn hole on q1 affecting a few letters slightly, some minor light browning and pale marginal dampstaining.) Contemporary limp vellum. Provenance: some early marginalia.
FIRST EDITION. "The Opera geometrica contains fifteen articles on different subjects, the last six showing his interest in law through treatment of such mathematical aspects of jurisprudence as division of land and inheritances. The first nine articles treat mechanical, arithmetical, and geometrical problems. The most original is Ad problema cubi duplicandi" (DSB). Adams B-3356.
4o (224 x 162 mm). Numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text. (Title-page lightly stained at bottom, small burn hole on q1 affecting a few letters slightly, some minor light browning and pale marginal dampstaining.) Contemporary limp vellum. Provenance: some early marginalia.
FIRST EDITION. "The Opera geometrica contains fifteen articles on different subjects, the last six showing his interest in law through treatment of such mathematical aspects of jurisprudence as division of land and inheritances. The first nine articles treat mechanical, arithmetical, and geometrical problems. The most original is Ad problema cubi duplicandi" (DSB). Adams B-3356.