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Three-seater sofa designed by Giò Ponti for "Casa & Gia…

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Italian manufacturing () Three-seater sofa designed by Giò Ponti for "Casa & Giardino" 1940s/50s 75x200x100 cm Wooden structure and red velvet covering

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Italian manufacturing () Three-seater sofa designed by Giò Ponti for "Casa & Giardino" 1940s/50s 75x200x100 cm Wooden structure and red velvet covering

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Pair of Italian silver salt cellars Naples, 1833-1872 Height x width x depth: 5.1 x 7 x 7 cm; Total weight: 145.8 g. of circular form, resting on three leonine feet.833/1000 silver, hallmarked with the mark in use at the goldsmiths' guild of Naples for silver at the title of 833/1000 or 10 ounces, 1832-1872. Item condition grading: **** good. The salt cellars are in a good state of preservation with the normal wear and defects commensurate with its age and use over time.

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FINÉ, Oronce. De Mundi sphaera, sive Cosmographia, primave Astronomiae parte, Lib V. Paris, Simon de Colines, 1542 Folio. 310x215 mm. Coeval calf binding, gilt fillets on plates, gilt cuts on three sides and 8 brass tacks. Renewed guards. 1 blank, 6 unnumbered sheets, including Frontispiece and a full-page engraving, 122, 2 blank. 92 engravings and vignettes in text. Defects to binding, lightly browned internally, sporadic blooming, old hand marginalia, some pages with pen strokes in white margin. Rare separate first edition of Oronce Finé's Cosmographia. This is an expanded and modified version of the third part of the Protomatesis, published in 1532. This work consists of two parts, the first devoted to cosmography and the second to trigonometry. In this treatise the mathematician, astronomer and cartographer Oronce Finé gives instructions for making maps using the south of France as an example and describes in detail three methods for projecting a map of the world onto a plane surface. DSB notes about the first part: " the description of the fixed celestial sphere used for reference, essential ideas concerning the astronomy of the 'primim mobile' (right and oblique ascensions and the duration of diurnal arcs) " The rich illustration consists of a superb title page decorated with a large frame depicting the liberal arts, a large full-page table depicting Urania and the author, and 92 demonstrative figures, 25 of which appear here for the first time. Mortimer: " Of the eighty-nine woodcuts, sixty-four are the original blocks designed by Finé for the 'Cosmographia' section of the 'Protomathesis'. Sixteen of the 'Protomathesis' blocks were dropped or replaced. "Mortimer, French, 226; Brun, p. 189; Renouard, Colines, pp. 358-359. Folio. 310x215 mm. Contemporary calf binding, gilt rules on covers, gilt edges on three sides and 8 small brass nails. Renewed endpapers. 1 blank sheet, 6 unnumbered sheets, including the title page and a full-page engraving, 122, 2 blanks. 92 engravings and vignettes in the text. Binding defects, internally some browning and minor foxing, marginalia by old hand, some pages with pen strokes to white margin. Rare first separate edition of Oronce Fine's Cosmographia. It is an expanded and modified version of the third part of the Protomatesis, published in 1532. This work is composed of two parts, the first dedicated to cosmography and the second to trigonometry. In this treatise, the mathematician, astronomer and cartographer Oronce Finé gives instructions for drawing maps using the south of France as an example and describes in detail three methods for projecting a map of the world onto a flat surface. DSB notes regarding the first part: " the description of the fixed celestial sphere used for reference, essential ideas concerning the astronomy of the 'primim mobile' (right and oblique ascensions and the duration of diurnal arcs) " The rich illustration is composed of a superb title in frontispiece decorated with a large frame in which the liberal arts are depicted, a large full-page plate depicting Urania and the author and 92 demonstrative figures, of which 25 appear here for the first time. Mortimer: "Of the eighty-nine woodcuts, sixty-four are the original blocks designed by Finé for the 'Cosmographia' section of the 'Protomathesis'. Sixteen of the 'Protomathesis' blocks were dropped or replaced."

Estim. 1 300 - 1 500 EUR

FERMI, Enrico. On the calculation of ion spectra. On the theory of hyperfine structures. The s orbits of the elements. Rome, 1930-1934. In4to; 3 extracts, independently printed with their own covers and pagination, from "Memoirs of the R. Accademia d'Italia"; printed editorial covers. Perfect specimens. Three independently printed first editions. These three important memoirs pertaining to modern physics were published by Fermi under the auspices of the Academy of Italy within the "Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Italy: Class of Mathematical and Natural Physical Sciences," before his departure for the United States.The orbit s of the elements is a work by Enrico Fermi, the other two were written with the collaboration of E. Segrè and E. Amaldi. Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954), Italian physicist, gained the Nobel prize for physics in 1938 for research on the making of artificial radioactive substances. In 1934 he was the first to bombard nuclei of heavy elements with neutrons and thus to obtain transmutations. Since 1939 he has been professor of physics at Columbia University. In 1942 he was responsible for the construction of the first atomic pile" (Howard). 4to, 3 extracts, printed independently with covers and own paging, from "Memoria della R. Accademia d'Italia"; editorial covers. Excellent conditions. Three first editions printed on their own. These three important memoirs relating to modern physics were published by Fermi under the auspices of the Accademia d' Italia within the "Memorie della Reale Accademia d' Italia: Classe di scienze fisiche matematiche e naturali ", before his departure for the United States. Le orbite s of the elements is a work of Enrico Fermi, the other two were written with the collaboration of E. Segrè and E. Amaldi. Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954), Italian physicist, gained the Nobel prize for physics in 1938 for research on the making of artificial radioactive substances. In 1934 he was the first to bombard cores of heavy elements with neutrons and thus to obtain transmutations. Since 1939 he has been professor of physics at Columbia University. In 1942 he was responsible for the construction of the first atomic pile."

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