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Bacon (Roger) Perspectiva, edited by Johann Combach, first edition, numerous woodcut diagrams (9 full-page) and woodcut ornaments, title soiled, small hole in title, 2c1 small holes in margin repaired, foxed and browned, ink scribbling on front fly-leaf, contemporary ink note on lower fly-leaf, ink ownership stamp at tail of title and blind ex-library stamp on 2b4, later endpapers, 18th century vellum covered boards, extensively soiled and marked, [Becker 27; Hoover 73], sm. 4to, Frankfurt, Wolfgang Richter for Anton Humm, 1614.
⁂ Bacon's theories on optics and perspective; "followed Grosseteste in emphasizing the use of lenses, not only for burning, but also for magnification, to aid natural vision". - DSB.
Description
Bacon (Roger) Perspectiva, edited by Johann Combach, first edition, numerous woodcut diagrams (9 full-page) and woodcut ornaments, title soiled, small hole in title, 2c1 small holes in margin repaired, foxed and browned, ink scribbling on front fly-leaf, contemporary ink note on lower fly-leaf, ink ownership stamp at tail of title and blind ex-library stamp on 2b4, later endpapers, 18th century vellum covered boards, extensively soiled and marked, [Becker 27; Hoover 73], sm. 4to, Frankfurt, Wolfgang Richter for Anton Humm, 1614.
⁂ Bacon's theories on optics and perspective; "followed Grosseteste in emphasizing the use of lenses, not only for burning, but also for magnification, to aid natural vision". - DSB.
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