Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis medici De svbtilitate libri XXI. nvnc demum recogniti atq[ue] perfecti ... / [Girolamo Cardano].
- Cardano, Girolamo, 1501-1576.
- Date:
- 1554
- Books
About this work
Also known as
De subtilitate libri XXI
Publication/Creation
Basileæ : Per Lvdovicvm Lvcivm, 1554.
Physical description
24 unnumbered pages, 561 pages, 1 unnumbered bl. leaves : illustrations, portrait ; (folio)
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Notes
Among inventions described in this work are a telegraph, a combinatory alphabetical lock, etc. The 16th book, "de scientiis", contains treatises on geometry, arithmetic, algebra, music, etc
Signatures: alpha-gamma4a-z4A-2Z43A6
This work is known to exist in at least 2 states. In state 1, p. 70 is misnumbered 64 and pages 307 & 310 are numbered correctly; in state 2 p. 70 is numbered correctly and p. 307 & 310 are misnumbered 305 & 308 respectively
HRC copy 1 is state 1; copy 2 is state 2
Numerous other errors in pagination
Portrait of author on verso of t.p.; historiated initials
"Index rervm maxime memorabilivm librorum XXI. de subtilitate": p. [5]-[24] at front
"Errata inter excvdendvm operarvm incuria commissa, sic emendabis": p. 561
Pages [2]-[3] at end are blank
Title vignette
Copy 1 Note: Bound with his In Cl. Ptolemaei ... de astrorum judiciis. 1554.
References note
Adams C670
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Where to find it
Copy 1
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/D/1287.2Copy 2
Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/D/1291