FINÉ, Oronce (1494-1555). Quadratura circuli . Paris: Simon de Colines, 1544.
FINÉ, Oronce (1494-1555). Quadratura circuli . Paris: Simon de Colines, 1544. 4 parts in one volume, 2º (289 X 203mm). Criblé title border of strapwork ornament, numerous woodcuts, the majority diagrams decorated with florets, others showing scientific instruments of the author’s design, criblé headpieces and initials. (Lacks B3-4, worming from D1 to end causing losses to up to two lines of text.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (spine worn, endpapers renewed); modern morocco-backed box. FIRST EDITION of this collection of tracts attempting to solve the quadrature of the circle. Mortimer notes the influence of Finé himself on the highly decorative designs of this beautiful book, while the criblé initials are attributed to Geoffroy Tory. Adams F-479; Mortimer French 229; Schreiber, Colines , 215.
FINÉ, Oronce (1494-1555). Quadratura circuli . Paris: Simon de Colines, 1544.
FINÉ, Oronce (1494-1555). Quadratura circuli . Paris: Simon de Colines, 1544. 4 parts in one volume, 2º (289 X 203mm). Criblé title border of strapwork ornament, numerous woodcuts, the majority diagrams decorated with florets, others showing scientific instruments of the author’s design, criblé headpieces and initials. (Lacks B3-4, worming from D1 to end causing losses to up to two lines of text.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spine (spine worn, endpapers renewed); modern morocco-backed box. FIRST EDITION of this collection of tracts attempting to solve the quadrature of the circle. Mortimer notes the influence of Finé himself on the highly decorative designs of this beautiful book, while the criblé initials are attributed to Geoffroy Tory. Adams F-479; Mortimer French 229; Schreiber, Colines , 215.
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