Caspar Schott - Mathesis Caesarea - 1662

Caspar Schott (P. Gasparis Schotti):
Mathesis Caesarea, / Sive / Amussis Ferdinandea, / À la lumière publique, & l'usage de la posterité érudite, félicitée par les Geniis litteratorum, élevé, / Et aux Problèmes / de la Mathèse universelle, / Plus particulièrement / de l'Architecture militaire / expliqué sur ordre & sous l'autorité de / l'Auguste Empereur / Ferdinand III.
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Sumptibus Viduae & Haeredum Joannis Godefridi / Schonwetteri Bibliopolae Francofurtensis
1662
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Nunc secunda hac edition Scholiis, Problematibus, & novis Iconismis exornata / A / P. Gaspare Schotto / Regiscuriano e Societate Jesu, olim in Panormitano Siciliae, nunc in Herbipolitano Franconiae ejusdem Societatis Jesu Gymnasio Matheseos Professore. / Herbipoli
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paginated as follows: (44), 464, (24). The volume measures about 21.1 cm by 17.7 cm by 4.1 cm; each leaf measures about 204 mm by 168 mm.
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The 19th century vellum binding shows only very minor wear; its hinges and book-block are very strong. Internally, the leaves are generally quite clean, with clear print and ample margins throughout. The plates and engravings are excellent impressions.
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The Volume Is Complete In all respects, Including the engraved title, 16 Hors-Texte Plates, 1 Hors-Texte Table, And of course the 10 engraved vignettes.
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Important book of the jesuit Gaspar Schott, a pupil of Athanasius Kircher.
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Caspar Schott, born 1608 – died 1666, joined the Society of Jesus in 1627, studied philosophy in Würzburg and, following the Swedish invasion in 1631, fled to Italy like his teacher Athanasius Kircher, where he completed his studies in theology, philosophy and mathematics in Palermo and subsequently taught there as a professor of mathematics and moral theology. From 1652 to 1655 he worked with Kircher in Rome, subsequently taught in Mainz, and finally moved to Würzburg as a professor of mathematics and physics. Schott published numerous works on occultism and magic, as well as on the natural sciences, and also plays an important role in the history of technology.