Catalogue 32
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ANONYMOUS. Il Nuovo Computista pei Commercianti ridotto alla massima facilità.
. Milano, Cartaro Stampatore Candido Bucinelli, [1811.].
Rare ephemeral pocket book giving the exchange rates between Milan and various Italian city-states or regions as well as the most commonly encountered European currencies.
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"Copernicus First Scientific Work'
- Gingerich
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COPERNICUS, Nicolaus. De Lateribus et angulis Triangulorum, tum planorum rectilineorum tum Sphaericorum, libellus eruditissimus & utilissimus, cum ad plerasque Ptolemaei demonstrationes intelligendas, tam vero ad alia multa... Wittenberg, Johannes Lufft, 1542.
Rare first edition of Copernicus' first scientific work, containing the first appearance of any part of the text of De Revolutionibus as well as Rheticus first published trigonometric tables.
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With a New Definition of 'Flower'
& Over 1300 Woodcuts
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DODOENS, Rembert. Stirpium Historiae Pemptades Sex Sive Libri XXX. Antwerp, Plantin, 1583.
First edition of Dodoens' summation of his botany, the most comprehensive botanical work, incorporating material from a number of his earlier books, including the Cruyderboeck.
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GARCIA CAVALLERO, Joseph. Theorica y practica de la arte de Ensayar. Oro, Plata y Vellon rico. Danse Reglas para Ligar, Triligar, Alear. y Reducir Qualesquiera Cantidades de Oro, y Plata a la Ley del Reyno. Madrid, Agustin Fernandez, 1713.
Very rare first and sole edition of this professional guide to assaying gold, silver and assorted precious metals by a practicing Madrid assayer, of interest for the international as well as mercantile history of Spain in the last years of her imperial period.
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With c. 250 Woodcuts
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PETRUS DE CRESCENTIS. Das buch von pflantzung der äcker Boum und aller Krüter. Strasbourg, Johann Grr, 1512.
Rare early German edition of this amply illustrated compendium on agriculture and country life, containing the same woodcuts as the Speyer edition of 1493, "a wonderful storehouse of country lore, illustrating agricultural work, sports, animals, plants etc." - Hind
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