GALILEO - MARCHELLI, Giovanni (1713-1764) - Trattato del compasso di proporzione. Milan: Giuseppe Galleazzi, 1759. 

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Lot 205 | GALILEO - MARCHELLI, Giovanni (1713-1764) - Trattato del compasso di proporzione. Milan: Giuseppe Galleazzi, 1759. 
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[GALILEO] - MARCHELLI, Giovanni (1713-1764) - Trattato del compasso di proporzione. Milan: Giuseppe Galleazzi, 1759.

A good copy of this work written by the Genoese Jesuit Marchelli and describing in detail how to build the renown instrument invented by Galileo. The copy belonged to Lazzaro Bertolotto, a nautical expert.

8vo (176 x 120mm). Title in red and black with engraved vignette, large engraved folding plate, initials and woodcut headpieces (some foxing, without initial blank). Contemporary vellum, gilt spine, blue edges (light stains). Provenance: Lazzaro Bertolotto (stamp; Nautical professor and sundials expert, director of the nautical school of Camogli).
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