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Joyfull mathematics, fire works and camera obscura
Mathematische Vermaecklyckheden. Te samen ghevoeght van verscheyden ghenuchlijcke ende boertige Werck stucken, soo uyt Arithmetica, Geometria, Astronomia, Geographia, Cosmographia, Musica, Physica, Optica, Catoptrica, Architectonica, Sciotetica, als uyt andere onghehoorde Mysterien meer. Getranslateert uyt het Fransch.
Arnhem, Jacob van Biesen, 1644. Third edition. Three parts in one volume. Small 8vo (148 x 90 mm). [XVI],257,[15, last leaf blank]; 61,[5]: [II],41,[1] pages.
With 61 woodcuts showing practical expiriments in the text(incl. 2 on title-p.agepart 2 and 3).
Vellum laced case binding.
Part 3 deals with pyrotechnics. With extensive contemporary annotations on a camera obscura on first free endpaper and first blank. Translation with additions and corrections of J. Levrechon, Récréations mathématiques which appeared first in 1624. The first Dutch edition appeared in 1636.
-Provenance: J.P. Allard in 19th century pen on fly leaf.
-Literature: Philip, Bibliogrphy of Firework Books W070.3 (part III deals i.a. with fireworks); De Backer-Sommervogel IV, 1760; Bierens de Haan no 5302.
-Condition: Vellum a bit soiled; Lower inner joint broken and some gaterings loosening; Despite the faults an agreeable copy with an interseting manuscript annotation about a camera obscura.
With 61 woodcuts showing practical expiriments in the text(incl. 2 on title-p.agepart 2 and 3).
Vellum laced case binding.
Part 3 deals with pyrotechnics. With extensive contemporary annotations on a camera obscura on first free endpaper and first blank. Translation with additions and corrections of J. Levrechon, Récréations mathématiques which appeared first in 1624. The first Dutch edition appeared in 1636.
-Provenance: J.P. Allard in 19th century pen on fly leaf.
-Literature: Philip, Bibliogrphy of Firework Books W070.3 (part III deals i.a. with fireworks); De Backer-Sommervogel IV, 1760; Bierens de Haan no 5302.
-Condition: Vellum a bit soiled; Lower inner joint broken and some gaterings loosening; Despite the faults an agreeable copy with an interseting manuscript annotation about a camera obscura.