GIUSEPPE MOLETTI (1531-1588) "Geographia Cl.... Lot 34

GIUSEPPE MOLETTI (1531-1588) "Geographia Cl. Ptolemaei Alexandrini, olim a Bilibaldo Pirckheimherio trâslata, at nunc multis codicibus graecis collata, pluribusque in locis ad pristinam ueritatem redacta a Iosepho Moletio Mathematico. Addita sunt ... amplissima eiusdem commentaria..., atque nominibus antiquis regionum, ciuitatum, oppidorum, montium, syluarum, fluuiorum, laccum, caeterorumque locorum, apposita sunt recentiora. Adsunt LXIIIIII tabulae XXVII nempe antiquae, et reliquae nouae, quae totam continent terram". Printer: Vicentium Valgrisium Venice, 1562. It presents faults, humidity stains and covers replaced at the beginning of the 20th century. Measurements: 23.5 x 17 x 4 cm. Giuseppe Molettif was an Italian mathematician best known for his Dialogo intorno alla Meccanica (Dialogue on Mechanics). Although he is an obscure figure today, he was a renowned mathematician during his lifetime, and was even consulted by Pope Gregory XIII on his new calendar. He held the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua, preceding Galileo, who had sent him his theorems on the center of gravity. Moletti was a prolific writer, although many of his writings remained unpublished. It has faults, damp stains and rebacked covers from the beginning of the 20th century.