Breve e Facil Introduzzione alla Geographia e Trigonometria

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Lot 497

(MATHEMATICS). Porto, Emanuel (Menachem Zion)

Breve e Facil Introduzzione alla Geographia e Trigonometria

FIRST EDITION. Two mathematical engraved plates at end pp.(12),53,(5). Stamp on verso of title, several leaves with extensive neat marginal repairs, not affecting text. Modern patterned boards. 4to cf. Fürst III,116; unrecorded by BMC

Padua: Crivellari 1640

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

Porto (c.1600-1660), held Rabbinical office in Padua. “He was an excellent mathematician and astronomer, and his works were highly praised by Andrea Argoli and extolled in Italian sonnets by Tomaso Ercaloni and Benedetto Luzzatto.” JE, X pp.133-4; see also A. Yaari, Mechkarei Sepher (1958) pp.303-6) “A necesary and very useful study for all - particulalrly Knights.” (Title page). A most uncommon work