At Auction: Thesaurus Mathematicus

[Paul Ferguson]

"Ens, Gaspar. THAUMATURGUS MATHEMATICUS, ED EST, ADMIRABILIUM EFFECTORUM E MATHEMATICARUM DISCIPLINARUM. Cologne: Konstantin Munich, 1636. 12mo. [12], 291, [12], [1, blank] pp., with numerous woodcuts in-text. Bound in 20th c. plain paper over boards. *********** RARE FIRST EDITION in Latin, containing numerous (sometimes bizarre) mathematical and alchemical problems. Illustrated throughout, including one illustration of a problem involving a billiard shot."

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