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De Baecque et Associés

1362 - LUSUERG, Giacomo. Di Galileo Galilei, il compasso geometrico advlto … Newly printed and published by Domenico Lvsuergh, Rome (Ant. Ercole) 1698. In-12°, contemporary vellum binding (stains), text nearly detached, 202 pp. (pp. 1–22 unnumbered) + 202 + [xxii] with frontispiece and 6 folding plates engraved on copper (some tears).

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€500 - 800

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LUSUERG, Giacomo. Di Galileo Galilei, il compasso geometrico advlto … Newly printed and published by Domenico Lvsuergh, Rome (Ant. Ercole) 1698. In-12°, contemporary vellum binding (stains), text nearly detached, 202 pp. (pp. 1–22 unnumbered) + 202 + [xxii] with frontispiece and 6 folding plates engraved on copper (some tears). Provenance Gust. C. Galetti (stamp on the title page) Robert Honeyman IV (gilded bookplate on morocco leather), auction at Sotheby’s London, May 13, 1980, lot 2074. An extremely rare work written and revised by two of Rome’s most renowned instrument makers of the 17th century, Giacomo (1636–1689) and Domenico (1669–1744). Riccardi i, 60. Provenance: the library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)

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Books, Manuscripts, and Autographs
Tuesday, December 1
02:30 PM
3, impasse des Chevau-Légers
78000 Versailles, France

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De Baecque et Associés +33 1 58 40 82 92 versailles@debaecque.fr
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