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ARFE Y VILLAFAÑE, Juan de. Varia comensuracion. Nueva edicion ... con estampas finas. Madrid: Imprenta Real, 1806. 2 parts in two volumes. 2° (294 x 200 mm). 103 engraved plates. (O1-O2 browned in vol. I, tiny wormtrack to title, A1-A2 and margin of final three plates in vol. II.) Contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, red edges (lightly rubbed and scuffed).
'BELLA EDICION’ (Palau) of a treatise first published in 1585. Vol. I deals with the origins of geometry, astronomy, the rules of architecture and the ideal proportions of the human body. Vol. II is mainly about quadrupeds and birds but also illustrates some rudiments of heraldry. Palau 16060.
'BELLA EDICION’ (Palau) of a treatise first published in 1585. Vol. I deals with the origins of geometry, astronomy, the rules of architecture and the ideal proportions of the human body. Vol. II is mainly about quadrupeds and birds but also illustrates some rudiments of heraldry. Palau 16060.
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