Lot 74 · Livres et Manuscrits
opera geometrica – [faux titre] : de solidis sphæralibus. de motu. de dimensione parabolæ. de solido hyperbolico. cum appendicibus de cycloïde & cochlea.florence, amadoro massa & lorenzo de landis, 1644.
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- Estimate
- €12,000–€18,000 hammer ≈ $16,360–$24,539
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Livres et Manuscrits, Paris · 9 November 2011
- Dimensions
- édition originale. 3 parties en un volume in-4 (220 x 153 mm), (1) f., 243 pp., 151 pp. (mal chiffrées 115). Nombreux bois dans le texte et une gravure sur cuivre à pleine page
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4047554
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Evangelista Torricelli, opera geometrica – [faux titre] : de solidis sphæralibus. de motu. de dimensione parabolæ. de solido hyperbolico. cum appendicibus de cycloïde & cochlea.florence, amadoro massa & lorenzo de landis, 1644. Sotheby's, 9 Nov 2011, lot 74. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4047554.
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Evangelista Torricelli, opera geometrica – [faux titre] : de solidis sphæralibus. de motu. de dimensione parabolæ. de solido hyperbolico. cum appendicibus de cycloïde & cochlea.florence, amadoro massa & lorenzo de landis, 1644. Sotheby's, 9 Nov 2011, lot 74. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4047554.
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