Apr 08, 2021 - Sale 2563

Sale 2563 - Lot 225

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
Munster, Sebastian (1488-1552)
Rudimenta Mathematica.

Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1551.

First edition, small folio, lacking X6, final leaf with printer's device, and folding diagram; a large woodcut on title page with a large tower and six figures engaged in measuring various objects with different scientific instruments, illustrated with numerous text woodcuts and diagrams; bound in later limp parchment; dampstaining throughout, with some damage to leaves; bottom corner of many leaves reinforced, weakened by the water damage, 12 x 8 in.

Adams M-1939; Burmeister 54; Zinner 2022; Houzeau-Lancaster 11364.

Provenance: from the Stephen White Collection.