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Opere di Orontio Fineo del delfinato : diuise in cinque parti; arimetica, geometria, cosmografia, e oriuoli,

Fine, Oronce, 1494-1555 · 1587 · In Venetia, : Presso Francesco Franceschi Senese · 18 pictures

A 1587 Venetian mathematical treatise by Oronce Fine, the Dauphinois mathematician, printed by Francesco Franceschi in Venice for scholars and instrument makers, collecting works on arithmetic, geometry, cosmography and sundials. Its diagrams are plain line engravings of squares with inscribed circles, construction arcs, a semicircle fan of nested arcs, and a sphere crossed by great circles, offering a designer clean geometric schematics and precise compass-drawn linework.

Mathematics · Cosmography · Sundials · Burning-mirrors · Imprint 1587

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