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TARTAGLIA, Niccol (ca. 1499-1557). Quesiti, et inventioni diverse. Venice: Venturino Ruffinelli for the author, July 1546.
4o (200 x 148 mm). Woodcut portrait of the author on title, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text. (Lower margin of title and preliminaries with wormtrack repaired, affecting some letters slightly on prelims, tear on G3 crossing text, some minor dampstaining, a few pale stains.) Modern vellum. Provenance: Forgaria (stamp on first page of text).
FIRST EDITION. This copy contains the 2-leaf table of contents. Adams T-183; BM/STC Italian p. 658; Norman 2055.
[With:]
TARTAGLIA, Niccol. Regola generale da sulevare con ragione e misura non solamente ogni affondata Nave: ma una Torre Solida di Mettallo -Supplimento de la travagliata inventione. [Venice: Nicol de Bascarini, 1551].
2 parts in one volume, 4o (192 x 140 mm). Collation: a-e4; A4. 24 leaves only (of 48), unfoliated. Woodcut portrait of the author on title, woodcuts in text, some large. (Lacking second part entitled "Ragionamenti ... sopra la sua travagliata inventione.) Modern boards.
FIRST EDITION. The first book of this short treatise is devoted to the problem of raising sunken ships, the second book deals with diving bells and suits, and the supplement discusses weather forecasting. The section entitled Ragionamenti ... sopra la sua travagliata inventione, lacking from this copy, also appears separately; see Adams T-185. Adams T-186; Riccardi I(2), 504; Norman 2056. (2)
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FIRST EDITION. This copy contains the 2-leaf table of contents. Adams T-183; BM/STC Italian p. 658; Norman 2055.
[With:]
TARTAGLIA, Niccol. Regola generale da sulevare con ragione e misura non solamente ogni affondata Nave: ma una Torre Solida di Mettallo -Supplimento de la travagliata inventione. [Venice: Nicol de Bascarini, 1551].
2 parts in one volume, 4
FIRST EDITION. The first book of this short treatise is devoted to the problem of raising sunken ships, the second book deals with diving bells and suits, and the supplement discusses weather forecasting. The section entitled Ragionamenti ... sopra la sua travagliata inventione, lacking from this copy, also appears separately; see Adams T-185. Adams T-186; Riccardi I(2), 504; Norman 2056. (2)