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LOPEZ DE ARENAS (DIEGO) Breve compendio de la carpinteria de lo blanco, y tratado de Alarifes, con la conclusion de la regla de Nicolas Tartaglia, y otras cosas tocantes a la Geometria, y puntas del Compas [-Suplemento], 2 parts in 1 vol., Seville, Manuel de la Puerta, 1727
24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
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LOPEZ DE ARENAS (DIEGO)
Breve compendio de la carpinteria de lo blanco, y tratado de Alarifes, con la conclusion de la regla de Nicolas Tartaglia, y otras cosas tocantes a la Geometria, y puntas del Compas [-Suplemento], 2 parts in 1 vol., second edition, general title printed in red and black with woodcut device, full-page woodcut portrait, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, 3 to 6-line decorative initials, and ornaments at end of each chapter, neat repairs to some margins (resulting in part loss to 2 letters at lower fore-corner of final leaf), small hole filled affecting a few letters on CCi, early vellum, restored [Berlin Cat. 1286], small folio (285 x 196mm.), Seville, Manuel de la Puerta, 1727
Footnotes
The second edition of Sevillian carpenter Lopez de Arenas' influential treatise, which includes material on the importance of geometry in Moorish design as used at the Alhambra and elsewhere when Spain was under Islamic rule.
Provenance: Indecipherable early Spanish inscription in lower margin of title; "Ex Bibliot. Fr. Emmanuel à Villodas", booklabel. See illustration on preceding page.





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