Apr 03, 2014 - Sale 2343

Sale 2343 - Lot 40

Price Realized: $ 544
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
CLAVIUS, CHRISTOPH, S.J. Geometrica Practica, Arithmetica Practica, Algebra. Numerous woodcut text diagrams. 228; 78, [6]; 181, [1] pages. Folio, 332x206 mm, contemporary limp vellum, spine darkened, with horizontal crack at top; contents severely browned, scattered worming in blank margins. Ownership inscription of Count Wolfgang Engelbert von Auersperg dated 1655 on title; 19th-century bookplate of the Fuerstlich Auerspergsche Fideicommisbibliothek zu Laybach. Mainz: Johann Volmar for Anton Hierat, 1612

Additional Details

Self-contained second volume of the 5-volume first collected edition of Clavius's works.