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MARINONI, GIOVANNI JACOPO DE. 1616-1755. De Re Ichnographica, cujus Hodierna Praxis Exponitur, et Propriis Exemplis Pluribus Illustratur. Inque varias, quae contingere possunt, ejusdem aberrationed, posito quoque calculo, inquiritur. Vienna: Leopold Kaliwoda, 1751.
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MARINONI, GIOVANNI JACOPO DE. 1616-1755.
De Re Ichnographica, cujus Hodierna Praxis Exponitur, et Propriis Exemplis Pluribus Illustratur. Inque varias, quae contingere possunt, ejusdem aberrationed, posito quoque calculo, inquiritur. Vienna: Leopold Kaliwoda, 1751.
Folio (311 x 225 mm). [xviii], 294, [2, errata] pp. With engraved frontispiece, 43 full page engraved plates, 5 double-page engraved plates, and 87 engravings in-text, title in red & black with engraved vignette, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine gilt in compartments, all edges red. Binding rubbed, some chipping to spine; blank margin of E1 torn with small repair; overall an excellent copy, clean and fresh.
Provenance: Gerard van Swieten, personal physician to Empress Maria Theresa (full-page manuscript presentation leaf from author).
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY of this treatise on architectural surveying. The work concerns the geometrical representation of buildings, cities, fortifications, and landscapes, and is luxuriously illustrated with numerous engravings of instruments as well as plans, maps, and diagrams. Marinoni was Imperial Mathematician and Director of the Academy for Geometry and Military Science in Vienna. Berlin Ornamentstichkatalog 1736; Cicognara 939; Graesse IV, 401; Riccardi II, 119.
Folio (311 x 225 mm). [xviii], 294, [2, errata] pp. With engraved frontispiece, 43 full page engraved plates, 5 double-page engraved plates, and 87 engravings in-text, title in red & black with engraved vignette, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine gilt in compartments, all edges red. Binding rubbed, some chipping to spine; blank margin of E1 torn with small repair; overall an excellent copy, clean and fresh.
Provenance: Gerard van Swieten, personal physician to Empress Maria Theresa (full-page manuscript presentation leaf from author).
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY of this treatise on architectural surveying. The work concerns the geometrical representation of buildings, cities, fortifications, and landscapes, and is luxuriously illustrated with numerous engravings of instruments as well as plans, maps, and diagrams. Marinoni was Imperial Mathematician and Director of the Academy for Geometry and Military Science in Vienna. Berlin Ornamentstichkatalog 1736; Cicognara 939; Graesse IV, 401; Riccardi II, 119.





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