SCHWENTER, Daniel. Geometriæ praticæ novæ. Tractatus I - II - Lot 193

SCHWENTER, Daniel. Geometriæ praticæ novæ. Tractatus I - II et III... Nürnberg, Simon Halbmanern, 1618. 3 parts in 1 vol. small in-4. 18,6 x 15 cm. Contemporary vellum, leather binding, handwritten title on spine. [4]ff, 283pp, [7]ff, 191pp, [5]pp, [4]ff, 93pp, [3]pp. FIRST EDITION of the first three treatises of the New Practical Geometry, each with a title page by Hauer engraved by Pet. Helburg. A fourth part was published in 1625. Numerous woodcuts in the text, many depicting mathematical instruments and their uses. Pagination errors but not missing. After page 176, the pagination starts again from page 159, then after page 198, the next page is p 217. Some foxing. Two laces missing.