Illustrated, History of Mathematics & Science, 1644 | Het eerste[-derde] deel van de Mathematische Vermaecklyckheden. Te samen ghevoeght van verscheyden ghenuchlijcke ende boertige werck-stucken, (.) Getranslateert uyt het Fransch in Nederduytsche tale. Door Wynant van Westen, Mathem. ende Organist der Stadt Nieumegen. Den derden druck op nieus oversien en verbetert. Arnhem, Jacob van Biesen 1644.

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8º, full contemporary vellum binding, 3 parts bound in 1 volume, Book I: 1-257 pp. 1-13 pp. index. Book II: 1-61 pp. 1-5 pp. index. Book III, 1-41 pp. 1 p. index. With 64 woodcut illustrations and tables, plus 1 decorative woodcut initial. Manuscript inscription (ink) in French on the first page. Front and back boards chipped at lower corner. Three small wormholes on back board but no other wormhole damage. A few minor stains. Binder's waste protruding from front and back inner hinges. Overall, in good condition.A rare, important volume in the history of science, mathematics, and "natural magic" in the Netherlands: this is the first book of recreational mathematics translated into Dutch from the original French. The book's title page lays claim to a range of disciplines-- arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, geography, cosmography, music, physics, architecture, "optica, catoptrica" (cf. Hero of Alexandria), and "sciotetica"; but in practical terms, the volume combines the fields of mercantile arithmetic, recreational mathematics, and popular science. With extensive in-text illustrations, the work outlines entertaining tricks, problems, riddles and puzzles based on various branches of mathematics. It also covers subjects like card tricks; calendrical calculations; constructing scales, clocks, sun dials, levers and pullies; astronomy; magnetism; surveying; military mechanics and gunpowder; fireworks; conjuring tricks; and more.B2289 - mathematica - wiskunde - wetenschap - spellen - aritmetiek - geïllustreerd - kaart truc - Leurechon.

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Illustrated, History of Mathematics & Science, 1644 | Het eerste[-derde] deel van de Mathematische Vermaecklyckheden. Te samen ghevoeght van verscheyden ghenuchlijcke ende boertige werck-stucken, (.) Getranslateert uyt het Fransch in Nederduytsche tale. Door Wynant van Westen, Mathem. ende Organist der Stadt Nieumegen. Den derden druck op nieus oversien en verbetert. Arnhem, Jacob van Biesen 1644.
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Leurechon, Jean
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Antiquariaat Arine van der Steur / ILAB

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