Lot 436
Archimedes. Opera quæ extant, edited by David Rivault, Paris, Claude Morel, 1615.
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Archimedes. Opera quæ extant, edited by David Rivault, first bilingual edition, title in red and black, woodcut diagrams, engraved initials head- and tail-pieces, small marginal worming at gutter, most R1-T6 and 2K1-2M6, old repairs to final text ff., final few ff. misbound, lightly browned, scattered spotting, minor worming to front pastedown, later vellum, gilt, small split to lower joint but holding firm, a little rubbed, folio, Paris, Claude Morel, 1615.
⁂ The first bilingual Rivault edition of the complete works of the great mathematician Archimedes (c.287-212 BC), founder of hydrostatics and theoretical mechanics. Brunet considers this to be one of the two finest editions of Archimedes.
Description
Archimedes. Opera quæ extant, edited by David Rivault, first bilingual edition, title in red and black, woodcut diagrams, engraved initials head- and tail-pieces, small marginal worming at gutter, most R1-T6 and 2K1-2M6, old repairs to final text ff., final few ff. misbound, lightly browned, scattered spotting, minor worming to front pastedown, later vellum, gilt, small split to lower joint but holding firm, a little rubbed, folio, Paris, Claude Morel, 1615.
⁂ The first bilingual Rivault edition of the complete works of the great mathematician Archimedes (c.287-212 BC), founder of hydrostatics and theoretical mechanics. Brunet considers this to be one of the two finest editions of Archimedes.
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