Sphera volgare novamente tradotta con molte notande Additioni di Geometria, Cosmographia, Arte navicatoria, et Stereometria, Proportioni, et Quantita delli Elementi, Distanze, Grandeze, et Movimenti di Tutti li Corpi Celesti, Cose certamente rade et maravigliose.
Scarce first edition of the first Italian-language Sacrobosco, composed by the Servite monk Mauro and containing an unusually rich program of illustrations. The work is further augmented by Mauro’s ‘additioni’ to the basic text of Sacrobosco and several appendices for the benefit of his vernacular reader, including the ‘secrets of..... More