![[ORSINI, Latino (1411-1477)]. Trattato del radio latino. Istrumento giustissimo & facile piu d'ogn'altro per prendere qual si voglia misura, & positione diluogo tanto in Cielo, come in Terra. Rome: Vincentio Accolti, 1583.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12141_0085_000(orsini_latino_trattato_del_radio_latino_istrumento_giustissimo_facile095037).jpg?w=1)
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[ORSINI, Latino (1411-1477)]. Trattato del radio latino. Istrumento giustissimo & facile piu d'ogn'altro per prendere qual si voglia misura, & positione diluogo tanto in Cielo, come in Terra. Rome: Vincentio Accolti, 1583.
Rare first edition on the construction and uses of the radio latino invented by Latino Orsini. In this copy the 14 full-page engraved plates are joined by 13 additional plates, apparently proofs, Most of the additional plates show small variants, but 3 are complete re-workings, reinventing the scene from landscape- to portrait-format.
4to (245 x 175mm). Title-page with typographical ornament, woodcut tables and diagrams, 14 full-page engraved plates, 13 additional plates mounted on verso, apparently proof states, woodcut initials. Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine and some manuscript annotations on front cover. Provenance: Frater Giuseppe di Bologna (ownership inscription on title and annotation at bottom margin of second plate) — ‘S’ (initial on title).
Latino Orsini was an Italian Cardinal from the renowned Orsini family in Rome. According to DSB, this work is a revision and enlargement by Egnatio Danti (Pellegrino Rinaldi, 1526-1586). However, it appears from the preface that Danti had more of an editorial role, and a second edition of 1586 involved Danti more actively. Danti was a Dominican, map- and globe-maker to Cosimo I, and from 1583 Bishop of Alatri. His interests were primarily mathematical, and he came from a family of noted mathematicians and astronomers, including his grandfather Piervincenzo. Adams O-317; Gamba 1550; Graesse V 54; Houzeau & Lancaster 2684; Riccardi I 393 (‘Raro’); Honeyman 823 (mistakenly gives Danti as the author of this work). Only 3 copies of this first edition are recorded in ABPC/AE.
Rare first edition on the construction and uses of the radio latino invented by Latino Orsini. In this copy the 14 full-page engraved plates are joined by 13 additional plates, apparently proofs, Most of the additional plates show small variants, but 3 are complete re-workings, reinventing the scene from landscape- to portrait-format.
4to (245 x 175mm). Title-page with typographical ornament, woodcut tables and diagrams, 14 full-page engraved plates, 13 additional plates mounted on verso, apparently proof states, woodcut initials. Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine and some manuscript annotations on front cover. Provenance: Frater Giuseppe di Bologna (ownership inscription on title and annotation at bottom margin of second plate) — ‘S’ (initial on title).
Latino Orsini was an Italian Cardinal from the renowned Orsini family in Rome. According to DSB, this work is a revision and enlargement by Egnatio Danti (Pellegrino Rinaldi, 1526-1586). However, it appears from the preface that Danti had more of an editorial role, and a second edition of 1586 involved Danti more actively. Danti was a Dominican, map- and globe-maker to Cosimo I, and from 1583 Bishop of Alatri. His interests were primarily mathematical, and he came from a family of noted mathematicians and astronomers, including his grandfather Piervincenzo. Adams O-317; Gamba 1550; Graesse V 54; Houzeau & Lancaster 2684; Riccardi I 393 (‘Raro’); Honeyman 823 (mistakenly gives Danti as the author of this work). Only 3 copies of this first edition are recorded in ABPC/AE.
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