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STEVIN, Simon (1548-1620). De Beghinselen der Weeghconst -De Weeghdaet Praxis artis Ponderaria -De Beghinselen Elementa des Waterwichts. Leiden: Franciscus Raphelengius for Christopher Plantin, 1586.
3 works in one volume, 4o (209 x 155 mm). Woodcut printer's device on each title, numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text. (Some minor pale dampstaining and occasional marginal soiling.) Contemporary Dutch vellum over pasteboard.
FIRST EDITIONS. These three works often appear together in one volume and together constitute an important collection of works in the fields of statics and hydrostatics. De Beghinselen der Weeghconst is Stevin's chief work on mechanics, and is mainly devoted to statistics. From the evidence it provides, the work establishes Stevin as the first Renaissance author to develop and continue the work of Archimedes. The book contains discussions of the theory of the lever, the theorems of the inclined plane, and the determination of the center of gravity. It also includes the most famous of Stevin's discoveries, the law of the inclined plane, which he demonstrated using the "clootcrans" or wreath of spheres. The third work (the fourth in the volume), De Beghinseelen des Waterwichts, is the first systematic treatise on hydrostatics since Archimedes. Stevin gives a simple and immediately comprehensible explanation for the Archimedean principle of displacement. ALL VERY RARE.
Dibner, Heralds of Science 140; Grolier/Horblit 97; PMM 99 (note); Norman 2014, 2015 and 2016.
[Bound following:]
STEVIN, Simon. De Sterctenbovwing. Leyden: Franciscus Raphelengius, 1594.
4o (211 x 154 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, folding woodcut plate, numerous woodcut diagrams in text. (Title lightly soiled, some minor marginal dampstaining and soiling).
FIRST EDITION of Stevin's treatise on the art of fortification. Stevin served as quartermaster-general of the Dutch army and was often consulted by the government of the Netherlands on matters of defense and navigation. Norman 2017.
3 works in one volume, 4o (209 x 155 mm). Woodcut printer's device on each title, numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text. (Some minor pale dampstaining and occasional marginal soiling.) Contemporary Dutch vellum over pasteboard.
FIRST EDITIONS. These three works often appear together in one volume and together constitute an important collection of works in the fields of statics and hydrostatics. De Beghinselen der Weeghconst is Stevin's chief work on mechanics, and is mainly devoted to statistics. From the evidence it provides, the work establishes Stevin as the first Renaissance author to develop and continue the work of Archimedes. The book contains discussions of the theory of the lever, the theorems of the inclined plane, and the determination of the center of gravity. It also includes the most famous of Stevin's discoveries, the law of the inclined plane, which he demonstrated using the "clootcrans" or wreath of spheres. The third work (the fourth in the volume), De Beghinseelen des Waterwichts, is the first systematic treatise on hydrostatics since Archimedes. Stevin gives a simple and immediately comprehensible explanation for the Archimedean principle of displacement. ALL VERY RARE.
Dibner, Heralds of Science 140; Grolier/Horblit 97; PMM 99 (note); Norman 2014, 2015 and 2016.
[Bound following:]
STEVIN, Simon. De Sterctenbovwing. Leyden: Franciscus Raphelengius, 1594.
4o (211 x 154 mm). Woodcut printer's device on title, folding woodcut plate, numerous woodcut diagrams in text. (Title lightly soiled, some minor marginal dampstaining and soiling).
FIRST EDITION of Stevin's treatise on the art of fortification. Stevin served as quartermaster-general of the Dutch army and was often consulted by the government of the Netherlands on matters of defense and navigation. Norman 2017.
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Please note that there is a burn-hole in leaves b3-b4 of De Weeghdaet, affecting 4 letters on b3 verso and 5 words on b4 recto and verso. This does not affect De Beghinselen der Weeghconst.