![CATTANEO, Girolamo (fl. 1540-1584). Rote perpetue, per le quali si puo con qual numero di due dadi si voglia, overo con due dadi secondo l'horologgio d'Italia; ritrouar quando si fà la luna; le feste mobili; la patta; l'aureo numero; l'indittione; la lettera domenicale col bisesto, et in che giorno entra il principio d'ogni mese. Brescia: Francesco Marchetti [for Lodouico De Sabbio], 1562.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12140_0341_000(cattaneo_girolamo_rote_perpetue_per_le_quali_si_puo_con_qual_numero_di065817).jpg?w=1)
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CATTANEO, Girolamo (fl. 1540-1584). Rote perpetue, per le quali si puo con qual numero di due dadi si voglia, overo con due dadi secondo l'horologgio d'Italia; ritrouar quando si fà la luna; le feste mobili; la patta; l'aureo numero; l'indittione; la lettera domenicale col bisesto, et in che giorno entra il principio d'ogni mese. Brescia: Francesco Marchetti [for Lodouico De Sabbio], 1562.
2° (275 x 210mm). Marchetti’s anchor device on title, woodcut arms of the dedicatee on title verso, 58 circular letterpress tables with woodcut cornerpieces on 29 leaves, some tables also with figure of the sun and moon at centre, two woodcut ornaments on colophon. (Some heavy stains, especially at beginning and end, marginal soiling.) Early vellum (crinkled, repairs at edges, new pastedowns).
FIRST EDITION. The ‘perpetual wheels’ or circular tables provided in the book, when combined with the use of two dice, allowed it to function like a perpetual calendar, accurately predicting the moon's rises, the dates of moveable feasts, the golden number, when Sundays fall and the day a month begins. Girolamo Cattaneo, a native of Brescia, was a military engineer who also published Un perfetto Bombardiero (Venice, 1582), Dell'arte del misurare and Dell'arte militare (both Brescia, 1584). This earlier and more unusual work is rare on the market. Christie’s Rome sold a copy in 1993. BL/STC Italian p. 158; Houzeau and Lancaster 14193.
2° (275 x 210mm). Marchetti’s anchor device on title, woodcut arms of the dedicatee on title verso, 58 circular letterpress tables with woodcut cornerpieces on 29 leaves, some tables also with figure of the sun and moon at centre, two woodcut ornaments on colophon. (Some heavy stains, especially at beginning and end, marginal soiling.) Early vellum (crinkled, repairs at edges, new pastedowns).
FIRST EDITION. The ‘perpetual wheels’ or circular tables provided in the book, when combined with the use of two dice, allowed it to function like a perpetual calendar, accurately predicting the moon's rises, the dates of moveable feasts, the golden number, when Sundays fall and the day a month begins. Girolamo Cattaneo, a native of Brescia, was a military engineer who also published Un perfetto Bombardiero (Venice, 1582), Dell'arte del misurare and Dell'arte militare (both Brescia, 1584). This earlier and more unusual work is rare on the market. Christie’s Rome sold a copy in 1993. BL/STC Italian p. 158; Houzeau and Lancaster 14193.
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