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HELIODORUS of Larissa (fl. 3rd century?). Peri Optikwn biblia. De Opticis libri II. Paris: ex Officina Cramosiana, 1657.
2 parts in one volume, 4° (260 x 190mm). Text in Greek and Latin. Half-title, large woodcut device on title, numerous woodcut diagrams. (Occasional faint waterstaining heavier towards end, light spotting and browning, few scattered stains.) 19th-century boards backed in vellum (new endpapers). Provenance: Collegii Paris Soc. Jesu (ownership inscription on title) — Dono Cramostorum fratrum (ownership inscription on title).
An early edition of this renowned text on optics. The book was first published in Florence in 1573 under the name of Heliodorus by Egnazio Danti as part of Damianus’ edition of Euclid's Prospettiva. Brunet III 89.
2 parts in one volume, 4° (260 x 190mm). Text in Greek and Latin. Half-title, large woodcut device on title, numerous woodcut diagrams. (Occasional faint waterstaining heavier towards end, light spotting and browning, few scattered stains.) 19th-century boards backed in vellum (new endpapers). Provenance: Collegii Paris Soc. Jesu (ownership inscription on title) — Dono Cramostorum fratrum (ownership inscription on title).
An early edition of this renowned text on optics. The book was first published in Florence in 1573 under the name of Heliodorus by Egnazio Danti as part of Damianus’ edition of Euclid's Prospettiva. Brunet III 89.
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