Ioan Henrici Alstedii Scientiarum omnium encyclopædiæ : tomus primus [-quartus] ...

Alsted, Johann Heinrich, 1588-1638, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL, Ravaud, Marc Antoine, fl. 1650-1664, printer, Huguetan, Jean-Antoine, fl. 1637-1664, printer, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner, Tufts, Cotton, 1732-1815, former owner · 1649 · Lugduni : Sumptibus Ioannis Antonii Huguetan Filij, & Marci Antonii Ravaud, viâ Mercatoriâ ad insigne Sphæræ · 157 pictures

An encyclopedia of all the sciences in Latin, compiled by Johann Heinrich Alsted and printed at Lyon in 1649 by Huguetan and Ravaud for scholars and students. Its diagrams are simple geometric figures in black line on cream paper: a right triangle beside a square, and circles divided by crossing diameters with inscribed squares and triangles, labelled with letters and dotted construction lines a designer could reuse for schematic or instructional graphics.

Science -- Encyclopedias

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