597 - Santbech (Santbeck), Daniel. Seven Sections on Astronomical and Geometric Problems, in which it is explained through the most evident proofs how the entire discipline of meteorostipics is to be understood and how it is of the greatest use in investigating all phenomena, which are visible in the celestial region of the world at any time ... All of this has now been recently compiled for the common benefit of students of mathematics and published for the public’s edification. With numerous figurative and schematic woodcuts. Basel, Petri 1561. 10 leaves (in facsimile), 294 pp., 1 leaf; 30.5 x 20.5 cm. New paperback.

Santbech (Santbeck), Daniel. Seven Sections on Astronomical and Geometric Problems, in which it is explained through the most evident proofs how the entire discipline of meteorostipics is to be understood and how it is of the greatest use in investigating all phenomena, which are visible in the celestial region of the world at any time ... All of this has now been recently compiled for the common benefit of students of mathematics and published for the public’s edification. With numerous figurative and schematic woodcuts. Basel, Petri 1561. 10 leaves (in facsimile), 294 pp., 1 leaf; 30.5 x 20.5 cm. New paperback. First edition. - Hieronymus, Petri 417 - Houzeau/Lancaster I, 2500 - VD16 p. 1646 - Zinner 2273 - Primarily a textbook on surveying by the mathematician Daniel Santbeck, a native of Nijmegen. - The woodcuts depict celestial constellations, signs of the zodiac, illustrations of surveying and its applications, the art of war, the creation of geographical maps, and more. - The first 10 sheets are facsimiles; pp. 1–10 slightly browned or stained; the lower margin has a continuous moisture stain. *