HERON ALEXANDRINUS. Belopoeeca hoc est telifactiva Bernardino Baldo ( ) illustratore et interprete. Item Heronis vita eodem auctore. Augsburg, D. Francus, 1616. (4), 76 (=75) pp. W. num. woodcut ill. Sm-4º. Mod. antique style hcf. extra w. raised bands & red label. (Some minor foxing, else a fine copy). estimate EUR 1.000 ¶ First edition of the Latin translation of Herons Belopoeica made by the Italian mathematician Bernardino Baldi (1553-1617), together with Herons Greek text and a biography of Heron, also written in Latin. this work describes mechanical war machines like the repeating catapult, a very complicated machine that could fire arrows automatically until the magazine was empty. - Graesse III, 258; Brunet III, 129; Hoffmann II, 217; Schweiger I, 135.
HERON ALEXANDRINUS. Belopoeeca hoc est telifactiva Bernardino Baldo ( ) illustratore et interprete. Item Heronis vita eodem auctore. Augsburg, D. Francus, 1616. (4), 76 (=75) pp. W. num. woodcut ill. Sm-4º. Mod. antique style hcf. extra w. raised bands & red label. (Some minor foxing, else a fine copy). estimate EUR 1.000 ¶ First edition of the Latin translation of Herons Belopoeica made by the Italian mathematician Bernardino Baldi (1553-1617), together with Herons Greek text and a biography of Heron, also written in Latin. this work describes mechanical war machines like the repeating catapult, a very complicated machine that could fire arrows automatically until the magazine was empty. - Graesse III, 258; Brunet III, 129; Hoffmann II, 217; Schweiger I, 135.
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