Lot 957
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HERON ALEXANDRINUS. Belopoeeca hoc est telifactiva Bernardino Baldo (…) illustratore et interprete. Item Heronis vita eodem auctore. Augsburg, D. Francus, 1616. (4), 76 (=75) pp. W. num. woodcut ill. Sm-4°. Mod. antique style hcf. extra w. raised bands & red label. (Some minor foxing, else a fine copy).
First edition of the Latin translation of Heron’s Belopoeica made by the Italian mathematician Bernardino Baldi (1553-1617), together with Heron’s Greek text and a biography of Heron, also written in Latin. this work describes mechanical war machines like the repeating catapult, a very complicated machine that could fire arrows automatically until the magazine was empty. - Graesse III, 258; Brunet III, 129; Hoffmann II, 217; Schweiger I, 135.€ 1000
result € 1400
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