FABRI, Ottavio (16th century). L'Uso del la Squadra Mobile . Padua: Pietro Bertelli, 1615. 4 o (207 x 147 mm). Engraved architectural title border, one folding plate and engravings in text. (Few small marginal repairs, some light soiling at front.) Modern half morocco. Provenance : Jo. Pauley? (inscription on title). Second edition, following the first of 1598. "A radical departure from the ordinary square is the 'squadra mobile' of Fabri. Whatever advantage was to be gained from the use of the 180 degree arc, it does not seem to have impressed Fabri's successors, for it stands as a lone example " (E. Kiely, Surveying Instruments , p.152). Riccardi I:434, 1.2.
FABRI, Ottavio (16th century). L'Uso del la Squadra Mobile . Padua: Pietro Bertelli, 1615. 4 o (207 x 147 mm). Engraved architectural title border, one folding plate and engravings in text. (Few small marginal repairs, some light soiling at front.) Modern half morocco. Provenance : Jo. Pauley? (inscription on title). Second edition, following the first of 1598. "A radical departure from the ordinary square is the 'squadra mobile' of Fabri. Whatever advantage was to be gained from the use of the 180 degree arc, it does not seem to have impressed Fabri's successors, for it stands as a lone example " (E. Kiely, Surveying Instruments , p.152). Riccardi I:434, 1.2.
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