ELIODORUS LARISSEUS La Prospettiva di Euclide… Insieme con la prospettiva di Eliodor Larisseo. Cavata della libreria Vaticana, e tradotta dal reverendo padre M. Egnatio Danti.

Riccardi I, 391.4 ; Vagnetti, Cb10 ; DSB, III, 558-559 ; Gamba, 1385.

Beautiful edition of two rare works on perspective with the first edition in Italian of Euclid’s work on perspective, and editio princeps of the work by Eliodorus Larrisseus. The latter is followed by the original Greek text together with the Latin translation, printed after the manuscript held in the Vatican library.

Dominican monk, mathematician, astronomer and cosmographer, Egnazio Danti (1536-1586) settled in Florence in 1562 in the service of Como I. He was in charge of the scientific education of the children of the great Florentine families. He is also known for his translations of the astronomical works of Sacrobosco and Proclus. His calculations on the Julian calendar were at the origin of the change to the Gregorian calendar. The work is illustrated with numerous woodcut scientific diagrams in the text. A very good, broad margined copy, albeit some occasional foxing.

Provenance : Gabriel Salti (signature on the title and occasional notes) – Riccardi de Vernaccia (engraved book plate) – Horace Landau (book plate) – Gust. C. Galletti (rubber stamp).