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Florence, Cesare and Francesco Bindi, 1690. In 8. 3 parts in 1 volume, each with its own title page. The second part with title Fifth book of the elements of Euclid, or universal science of proportions explained with the doctrine of Galileo , with a new extended order . Woodcut drop caps and end caps, numerous illustrations in the text, sporadic blooms, parchment binding, woodworm holes. & Nbsp; Ex libris manuscript on the end sheet.
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Rare edition in beards of one of Viviani's most important works. The author was a mathematician and physicist and an admirer and profound connoisseur of Greek mathematics, he disdained the new concepts of the geometry of the "indivisibles" and devoted himself to reconstructions and comments on the geometry of the ancients. the youngest disciple of Galilei. & nbsp; Riccardi I / 2, 628.
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