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THE SIEGE OF TURIN BY THE DUCA DE LA FEUILLADE TROOPS IN 1706 DURING THE SPANISH SUCCESSION WAR
Coquart, Antoine. Turin et sa Citadelle. - Attaques de Turin. Par l'Armée du Roy commandée par le duc de la Feuillade en 1706, le 30 juin. Paris, de Fer, 1706
Copper engravings 400 x 505 mm with big margins, title at center of top margin, lower left the "cartiglio" with the legenda, date, 29 shortcut to main point in the map, and the scale "Echelle de Cing cent toises"
Rare map of the fortified city of Turin and its surroundings, published in Paris by Antoine Coquart. The engraving identifies the attacks to the city of Turin on 30 June 1706, by the army of the King of France commanded by the Duke de la Feuillade.
In the map we can see the details of the offensive positions of the French army and the main lines of fire of the various positions of artillery, in battery against the Citadel of Turin.
The siege of Turin took place in 1706 during the War of the Spanish Succession. Over 44,000 French soldiers… Read More

Extraordinary rare first edition of the famous treatise on Cyprus wine by Giovanni Mariti
A complete analysis on wines, grapes, vines and production technique
Mariti, Giovanni. Del vino di Cipro, ragionamento di Giovanni Mariti, socio corrispondente dell'Accademia dei georgofili di Firenze: Rei agrariae avgendae. [Firenze] : [G. Cambiagi] MDCCLXXII [1772].
8vo, (220 x 155 mm), original printer cardboard, pp. [2], XVI, 127, [1], illustrations along the text, engraved title page, before the dedicatory letter, at leaf a1r, a chalcographic vignette with coat of arms of the dedicatee, Lord Nassau Clavering, signature a⁸ (π+a1) A-H⁸.
xylographic illustrations along the text one full page plate, depicting tool for wine production
In his treatise Del vino di Cipro (About the Cyprus Wine) , published in Florence in 1772 by Cambiagi, Mariti dedicates an ample analysis to the wine of Cyprus, discussing a lot about the types and varieties of the vines and wines produced in the different regions of the island… Read More

RARE FIRST EDITION OF LORENZO MASCHERONI's TREATISE ABOUT THE USE OF THE COMPASS IN GEOMETRY
UNTRIMMED AND UNCUT COPY IN ORIGINAL PAPER WRAPPER
Mascheroni, Lorenzo. La geometria del compasso di Lorenzo Mascheroni. Pavia : presso gli eredi di Pietro Galeazzi, anno V della Repubblica francese 1797.
8to (223 x 130 mm), original printer's wrappers; pp. [2], XVIII, 264, [14] leaves of folding plates, woodcut decoration at title page, friezes and headletters.
The principle of economy in geometric constructions

First edition of Mascheroni's most important work, with a dedication in verse to Napoleon, in which he proves that any geometrical construction of Euclidean geometry, can be carried out by means of compasses alone, admitting that a straight line is constructed once two of its points have been defined, thus demonstrating how a certain principle of economics in geometric constructions, proclaimed by all the great mathematicians of the past, from Pappus to Descartes, was regularly and violated by… Read More

Very rare first Italian EditionHow to choose the gender of a newborn during procreationOnly 1 know existing copy of this issue recorded in WorldCat (Italy)Untrimmed in its original printer paper binding
Millot, Jacques-André. L'arte di generare maschi, e femmine ad arbitrio : sistema completo della generazione / di monsieur Millot. Prima versione italiana corredata in fine di una Memoria sulla Dissenteria epidemica del 1808.In Assisi: presso Ottavio Sgariglia, 1809.
8° (205 x 140 mm), contemporary printer paper binding (small restorations), paper, pp. xiv, 176, 47, [1].
No copy on the market no copy at auction in last 40 years

First Italian edition of this bizarre treatise dealing with the methods and techniques to choose the gender of the newborn during the procreation, and on the formation of the Placenta.

The original work was translated by the Italian Giovanni Palmieri and dedicated to his friend Antonio Trevisani, who was the inspirer of the translation. Upon learning that his friend's wife… Read More