A renaissance work on surveying, measuring, and drawing on perspective.
by Cosimo Bartoli
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Cosimo Bartoli
Del modo di misurare le distantie, le superficie, i corpi, le piante, le provincie, le prospettive, & tutte le altre cose terrene, che possono occorrere à gli huomini : secondo le vere regole d'Euclide, et de gli altri più lodati scrittorn. Venetia : presso Sebastiano Combi, 1614. 145 p. [2] leaves. 18th century calf. Rubbed. 8vo [21 cm). Complete with the two tables.
An important work on surveying, measuring, and drawing on perspective. Profusely illustrated with a great variety of measuring methods for civil and military purposes. This treatise explains how to measure great distances, heights or areas, using geometric methods. The author also addresses the problem of perspective and geometric projection. The fourth book is dedicated to the construction and use of the compass, while in the book V Bartoli deals with Euclidean geometry. Finally, in book VI, the author studies square roots.
Del modo di misurare le distantie, le superficie, i corpi, le piante, le provincie, le prospettive, & tutte le altre cose terrene, che possono occorrere à gli huomini : secondo le vere regole d'Euclide, et de gli altri più lodati scrittorn. Venetia : presso Sebastiano Combi, 1614. 145 p. [2] leaves. 18th century calf. Rubbed. 8vo [21 cm). Complete with the two tables.
An important work on surveying, measuring, and drawing on perspective. Profusely illustrated with a great variety of measuring methods for civil and military purposes. This treatise explains how to measure great distances, heights or areas, using geometric methods. The author also addresses the problem of perspective and geometric projection. The fourth book is dedicated to the construction and use of the compass, while in the book V Bartoli deals with Euclidean geometry. Finally, in book VI, the author studies square roots.
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- Adam Weinberger Books (US)
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- A renaissance work on surveying, measuring, and drawing on perspective.
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- Cosimo Bartoli
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