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1404 - ZUBLER, Leonhard. *Novum Instrumentum geometricum*, Novum Instrumentum Geometricum: That is, a brief and thorough account of how to measure all lengths, widths, heights, and depths with remarkable ease, skillfully and accurately, even by those unfamiliar with arithmetic: With XXII beautiful, artful, and well-illustrated plates. Basel (Ludwig Königs) 1607. In-4°. Plate made from recycled vellum from a 15th-century manuscript, title in red and black, pp. [vii] + 65 + [iii], one quire heavily browned, 22 copperplate illustrations in the text.
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ZUBLER, Leonhard. *Novum Instrumentum geometricum*, Novum Instrumentum Geometricum: That is, a brief and thorough account of how to measure all lengths, widths, heights, and depths with remarkable ease, skillfully and accurately, even by those unfamiliar with arithmetic: With XXII beautiful, artful, and well-illustrated plates. Basel (Ludwig Königs) 1607. In-4°. Plate made from recycled vellum from a 15th-century manuscript, title in red and black, pp. [vii] + 65 + [iii], one quire heavily browned, 22 copperplate illustrations in the text. Leonhard Zubler (1565–1611), an instrument maker in Zurich, played an important role in the development of Swiss cartography and the application of mathematics to military needs. One example of the instrument described in this work, by Christoph Treschler, is known to exist. Provenance: the library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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