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Iordanus Brunus Nolanus De speciervm scrvtinio et lampade combinatoria Raymvndi Lvllii Doctoris Heremitæ omniscii : propè modumque diuini.
Text in italics., According to Salvestrini, sheets ²B1-H4 are a re-issue of Bruno's De lampade combinatoria Lulliana, Wittenberg, 1587., Signatures: A-B⁸ ²B-G⁸ H⁴ (C4 and G2 missigned C2 and H2)., Title vignette; initials., Manuscript notes in French on fly-leaf opposite t.p., DeGolyer Collection bookplate., Armorial bookplate (Duke of Sussex?) on inside front cover., With: Bruno, Giordano. Iordanvs Brvnvs Nolanvs De progressv et lampade ventoria logicorvm. [Wittenberg : Z. Crato], 1587.
Nicolai Raymari Ursi dithmarsi Fundamentum astronomicum : id est, Nova doctrina sinuum et triangulorum, eaque absolutissima et perfectissima, eiusque usus in astronomica calculatione & observatione ...
"Cui adiunctae sunt: I. hypotheses nouae ac verae motuum corporum mundanorum. II. Extructio Canonis finuum, vulgaris quidem, sed solitâ viâ facilior. III. Sectio anguli datâ ratione, seu in quotlibet partes. IV. Quadratio circuli demonstrabili ratione, eiusque demonstratio. V. Solutio triangulorum vsitatiorum nouâ ac facillimâ ratione. VI. Solutio plerorumque triangulorum per solam prosthaphaeresin. VII. Eiusdem prosthaphaereseos apodixis, causa, ac demonstratio. Omnibus seculis problemata sanè desideratissima, aliaq[ue] priùs nec audita nec anteà visa paradoxa quàm plurima.", Title vignette., Signatures: *⁴ A-K⁴.
Hippocratis coi Opera qvae extant Graece et Latine veterum codicum collatione restituta
nouo ordine in quattuor classes digesta, interpretationis Latin emendatione, & scholijs illustrata, a Hieron. Mercvriali., Each volume has special title page., Greek and Latin in parallel columns.
Nicolai Raymari Ursi dithmarsi Fundamentum astronomicum : id est, Nova doctrina sinuum et triangulorum, eaque absolutissima et perfectissima, eiusque usus in astronomica calculatione & observatione ...
"Cui adiunctae sunt: I. hypotheses nouae ac verae motuum corporum mundanorum. II. Extructio Canonis finuum, vulgaris quidem, sed solitâ viâ facilior. III. Sectio anguli datâ ratione, seu in quotlibet partes. IV. Quadratio circuli demonstrabili ratione, eiusque demonstratio. V. Solutio triangulorum vsitatiorum nouâ ac facillimâ ratione. VI. Solutio plerorumque triangulorum per solam prosthaphaeresin. VII. Eiusdem prosthaphaereseos apodixis, causa, ac demonstratio. Omnibus seculis problemata sanè desideratissima, aliaq[ue] priùs nec audita nec anteà visa paradoxa quàm plurima.", Title vignette., Signatures: *⁴ A-K⁴.
Nicolai Raymari Ursi dithmarsi Fundamentum astronomicum : id est, Nova doctrina sinuum et triangulorum, eaque absolutissima et perfectissima, eiusque usus in astronomica calculatione & observatione ...
"Cui adiunctae sunt: I. hypotheses nouae ac verae motuum corporum mundanorum. II. Extructio Canonis finuum, vulgaris quidem, sed solitâ viâ facilior. III. Sectio anguli datâ ratione, seu in quotlibet partes. IV. Quadratio circuli demonstrabili ratione, eiusque demonstratio. V. Solutio triangulorum vsitatiorum nouâ ac facillimâ ratione. VI. Solutio plerorumque triangulorum per solam prosthaphaeresin. VII. Eiusdem prosthaphaereseos apodixis, causa, ac demonstratio. Omnibus seculis problemata sanè desideratissima, aliaq[ue] priùs nec audita nec anteà visa paradoxa quàm plurima.", Title vignette., Signatures: *⁴ A-K⁴.
Le diverse et artificiose machine
del capitano Agostino Ramelli... Composte in lungua italiana et francese., Embossed on cover: initials F.A.A., coat-of-arms and date 1608.