Casati (Paolo) Fabrica, Et Uso Del Compasso di Proportione..., second edition, 4 folding woodcut plates, woodcut diagrams in text, C2 small hole with loss to pagination, the odd stain to lower-margin, spotting and browning to varying degrees, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript and with horizontal tear without loss, light soiling, 4to, Bologna, G. Longhi, 1685.
⁂ A consolidation of Galileo's work on the compass. "It not only contains good descriptions of usage, complete with many examples, but also discusses the manufacture of the device...Unlike many such works that state the method of usage but then give very simple problems involving triangles (for example), Casati provides the reader with realistic problems involving regular shapes" - Tomash & Williams.
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