Adams, H-27; Vagnetti, Db8; Kat. Berlin, 4684.<\/i><\/p>\n
First edition of this revision Peckham’s treastise by Pascasius Hamellius, known under his French name as Pascasio Duhamel, a mathematician at the royal court during the reign of Henri II.<\/p>\n
[Bound with :] EUCLID.<\/strong> Rudimenta Musices. Ioanne Pena interprete. Paris, Andeas Wechel, 1557.<\/i> 4to, 16, 10 num.ll.<\/p>\n Adams, E-1023.<\/i> First edition of this work on harmonies attributed to Euclid, printed in Greek and followed by its Latin translation by Johannes Pena.<\/p>\n [And:] IDEM.<\/strong> Optica & Catoptrica, unnquam antehac Grace aedita. Latine reddita per Ioannem Penam. Paris, Andreas Wechel, 1557.<\/i> 2 parts, 10 unn.ll., 48 pp. & 2 nn.ll., 64 pp.<\/p>\n Adams, E-1020.<\/i> Editio princeps (?), and first edition of the Latin translation. Another edition of the Catoptrica<\/i> in Greek is known, printed in 1557, but the chronology has not yet been established. Euclid’s Optica<\/i> was the first Greek work on perspective; it is illustrated with numerous woodcuts in the text.<\/p>\n [And:] THEODOSIUS TRIPOLITA.<\/i> Sphaericorum, libri tres, nunquam antehac grace excusi. Latine redditi par Ioannem Penam. Paris, Andreas Wechel, 1558.<\/i> 2 parts, 4 nn.ll., 54pp., 1 nn.l., 68 pp., 1 nn.l. (errata and printer’s device).<\/p>\n Adams, T-548.<\/i> The editio princeps of the Greek text with the Latin translation and extensive notes of Jean Pena (1528-1558) of the Sphaerics<\/i> of Theodosius (2nd half of the second century B.C.). The Sphaerics<\/i> is a textbook on the geometry of the sphere, needed for astronomy and regarded by the ancient Greeek as a branch of astronomy rather that geometry. It is illustrated with diagrams in the text.<\/p>\n A fine 16th century scientific sammelband with 4 works on optics, perspective, and spheres.<\/p>\n Provenance: Jesuit Convent in Lyon (book palte dated 1693).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 4to (220 x 162 mm) 4 unn.ll., 43 num.ll., 1 unn.l. (blank), illustrated with diagramms in the text. Contemporary flexible vellum, flat spine covered in blue cardboards in the 18th century (small loss to spine, ties missing).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":80180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[550],"product_tag":[1331,1330,1204],"class_list":{"0":"post-80191","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-science","7":"product_tag-geometry","8":"product_tag-mathematics","9":"product_tag-perspective-2","10":"pa_auteur-johannes-de-peckham-2","11":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","13":"first","14":"outofstock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" JOHANNES DE PECKHAM","chapeau":"A Sammelband of 4 work on Perspective","adresse_bibliographique":"Paris, Aegidius Gourbin, 1556","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n