Cyclometrica … — Leiden 1594

Cyclometrica elementa duo. [Part 2: Mesolabium. Part 3: Appendix … ]. — Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], Ex officina Platiniana, apud Franciscum Raphelengium. 1594.

First edition

Folio (287 x 198 mm). *⁶, A-O⁴ P⁶; a-e⁴ d⁶; ✝︎⁴ ✝︎✝︎⁶: (6) leaves, 122 p.; 34 p., (1) leaf; 20 p. Printed in red and black. Contents slightly toned. Contemporary vellum, ties gone. Initials „I M A M“ and date „1595“ on upper cover. Lower margin of title-page with a small old repair (see photo). Beautiful imprint.

Provenance: 1. Something like J. Santeaume in the upper and lower margin of title. 2. Counts of Schönborn-Buchheim; their paper ticket on upper cover. The library was sold by Reiss & Auvermann in 1994 (Auktion 53, part III, no. 829).

Adams S-560 (issue with woodcut device and errata on page 20 of the third part); Smitskamp, The Scaliger Collection, no. 153.