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GUARINI, Camillo Guarino (1624-1683). Modo di misurare le fabriche. Turin: heirs of Gianelli, 1674.
8° (185 x 105mm). Collation: A-N8. Woodcut diagrams. Old vellum. Provenance: Father Romoaldo (presentation inscription, dated 1766, to:); Gio. Giuseppe Flechia (signature).
FIRST EDITION. Rare. A handbook on the mensuration of buildings, the author stresses that architecture is based on mathematics. Cicognara 524 ('un artista non sarebbe trovarvi ne capo, ne coda per quanto fosse iniziato negli studi Geometrici.'); Riccardi I:636.
8° (185 x 105mm). Collation: A-N8. Woodcut diagrams. Old vellum. Provenance: Father Romoaldo (presentation inscription, dated 1766, to:); Gio. Giuseppe Flechia (signature).
FIRST EDITION. Rare. A handbook on the mensuration of buildings, the author stresses that architecture is based on mathematics. Cicognara 524 ('un artista non sarebbe trovarvi ne capo, ne coda per quanto fosse iniziato negli studi Geometrici.'); Riccardi I:636.