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LORGNA, Antonio Mario (1735-1796). Fabbrica ed usi principali della squadra di proporzione. Verona: Stamperia Moroni, 1768.
4º (282 x 201mm). Etched title vignette by G. D. Lorenzi, 2 folding engraved plates by Dionigi Valesi. (A3-4 a little tattered at foremargin.) Contemporary cartone alla rustica, manuscript title on spine, uncut (spine chipped, covers lightly soiled, front inner hinges split).
FIRST EDITION. The artillery canon in the title vignette reflects the author’s status as captain of engineers and professor of mathematics at the military college of Castelvecchio in Verona. Going on to become a brigadier and general governor of the college, Lorgna was the prolific author of some eighty works and founder in 1782 of what is today known as the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze. Riccardi considers his ‘squadra’ or ‘set square’ a viable alternative to Galileo’s compass. Riccardi I(ii) 47.7.
4º (282 x 201mm). Etched title vignette by G. D. Lorenzi, 2 folding engraved plates by Dionigi Valesi. (A3-4 a little tattered at foremargin.) Contemporary cartone alla rustica, manuscript title on spine, uncut (spine chipped, covers lightly soiled, front inner hinges split).
FIRST EDITION. The artillery canon in the title vignette reflects the author’s status as captain of engineers and professor of mathematics at the military college of Castelvecchio in Verona. Going on to become a brigadier and general governor of the college, Lorgna was the prolific author of some eighty works and founder in 1782 of what is today known as the Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze. Riccardi considers his ‘squadra’ or ‘set square’ a viable alternative to Galileo’s compass. Riccardi I(ii) 47.7.
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