GHETALDI (Marino)]. Marini Ghetaldi patritii ragvsini mathem - Lot 62

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GHETALDI (Marino)]. Marini Ghetaldi patritii ragvsini mathem - Lot 62
GHETALDI (Marino)]. Marini Ghetaldi patritii ragvsini mathematici praestantissimi. De Resolvtione, & compositione mathematica libri qvinqve. Opus posthumum. Romæ, Ex Typographia Reverendæ Cameræ Apostolicæ, 1630. small folio (220 x 320 mm), red morocco, double framed with gilt filets and fine serrated roulettes à la Duseuil adorning the boards, coat of arms in the centre, spine ribbed and decorated with repeated monogram "dvk" (?), gilt edges (period binding). ORIGINAL EDITION of a work considered as the first treatise on analytical geometry. A vignette with the Barberini/Colonna coat of arms on the title, a heraldic piece at the foot of the book (the Barberini bee) and numerous geometrical figures in the text. Two small accidents on the spine and small restored accidents in the margin of ff. 253/254 & 341/342, but a fine copy in red leatherette with unidentified arms.
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