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I. of Ferona; 1472.] VALTURIUS.
REDO EQVIDEM NEC SVM
nescius Dux 8c imp. inclyte sigismunde pa/
dulfe : Tanta est liuoris 8c inuidias nostri lm
ius seculi malignitatisq; puersitas 8cc. 8cc.
This address terminat.es * on the 4th leaf, inclusively from its com-
mencement. The text immediately follows, but there are no prefixes
to the several chapters ; and the impression is entirely destitute of
numerals, catchwords, and signatures. A full page has 37 lines. The
text continues without any embellishment, as far as fol. 25 ; when we
observe, on the reverse, two cuts on the same page—representing
the mode of measuring the altitude of a tower. One figure, in the
upper cut, is discharging an arrow from a cross bow ; the other figure
is lying down : with a line from the top of the tower to his left eye.
The figure, in the lower cut, is measuring the altitude with an astrolabe.
On the recto of the ensuing leaf the text follows thus, without prefix :
ESTAT AVTEM NOBIS SL
gismunde Pandulfe profundissimam quan>
dam Matheseos : hoc est Astronomicp rationis
tradere disciplinam : 8cc. 8cc.
On the recto of the 92 nd leaf there is a large wood*cut of a
machine, in the shape of a tub or bucket, with a leathern vessel and
weight dropping from a transverse beam—at the end of which seems
* The following is the conclusion of this uddress: ‘ Sititaque tuo lantum nomini dicatum:
et quid de te mihi pollicear uideas ohsecro: Nunquam enim huiusce libri exordio nomen
ipsum legetur tuum : quom passim et ubique gentiii sublime Magnificuque prasdicetur :
qul mihi spledoris et gratiae plurimum sit allaturum : Putabunt enim singuli ad quos liber
iste peruenerit non parua nec inutilia se percepturos Dum tam spledidum tam praecellens
tam iliustre ipsis primis apicibus nomen tuu intuebutur et leget. Suscipe igitur cltemen-
tissle ac optle princeps Sigismunde pandulphe gratissls ulnis Munusculu hoc exiguu : licet ab
animo ta tibi deditissimi tuique amantissimi profectu : intetiusque leges quom aspirare tibi
inter plurima strepentiu occupationu tuaru agmina licebit: inuenies profecto plurima in
hoc opere: quas tibi sint aut uoluptati maxime legisse: aut omamento uidisse : aut usui
meminisse*. quippe quse praeceptis et exeplis suis oblectare : atque instruere bene institutu
animum possint: De cuius causis nil attinet plura nunc disserere: quom quidem singulae
partes eius destinatis aliquod uoluminibus explicandae sint: quas ordine suo tunc demii
persequar: quom prefatus fuero pauca quaedam de ipsius rei origine ab aliis pene onmibus
omissa scriptoribus: quam reor ad uniuersae etia rei descriptione ab aliis quoque pluribus
Itacta maxle profuturam ;
I. of Ferona; 1472.] VALTURIUS.
REDO EQVIDEM NEC SVM
nescius Dux 8c imp. inclyte sigismunde pa/
dulfe : Tanta est liuoris 8c inuidias nostri lm
ius seculi malignitatisq; puersitas 8cc. 8cc.
This address terminat.es * on the 4th leaf, inclusively from its com-
mencement. The text immediately follows, but there are no prefixes
to the several chapters ; and the impression is entirely destitute of
numerals, catchwords, and signatures. A full page has 37 lines. The
text continues without any embellishment, as far as fol. 25 ; when we
observe, on the reverse, two cuts on the same page—representing
the mode of measuring the altitude of a tower. One figure, in the
upper cut, is discharging an arrow from a cross bow ; the other figure
is lying down : with a line from the top of the tower to his left eye.
The figure, in the lower cut, is measuring the altitude with an astrolabe.
On the recto of the ensuing leaf the text follows thus, without prefix :
ESTAT AVTEM NOBIS SL
gismunde Pandulfe profundissimam quan>
dam Matheseos : hoc est Astronomicp rationis
tradere disciplinam : 8cc. 8cc.
On the recto of the 92 nd leaf there is a large wood*cut of a
machine, in the shape of a tub or bucket, with a leathern vessel and
weight dropping from a transverse beam—at the end of which seems
* The following is the conclusion of this uddress: ‘ Sititaque tuo lantum nomini dicatum:
et quid de te mihi pollicear uideas ohsecro: Nunquam enim huiusce libri exordio nomen
ipsum legetur tuum : quom passim et ubique gentiii sublime Magnificuque prasdicetur :
qul mihi spledoris et gratiae plurimum sit allaturum : Putabunt enim singuli ad quos liber
iste peruenerit non parua nec inutilia se percepturos Dum tam spledidum tam praecellens
tam iliustre ipsis primis apicibus nomen tuu intuebutur et leget. Suscipe igitur cltemen-
tissle ac optle princeps Sigismunde pandulphe gratissls ulnis Munusculu hoc exiguu : licet ab
animo ta tibi deditissimi tuique amantissimi profectu : intetiusque leges quom aspirare tibi
inter plurima strepentiu occupationu tuaru agmina licebit: inuenies profecto plurima in
hoc opere: quas tibi sint aut uoluptati maxime legisse: aut omamento uidisse : aut usui
meminisse*. quippe quse praeceptis et exeplis suis oblectare : atque instruere bene institutu
animum possint: De cuius causis nil attinet plura nunc disserere: quom quidem singulae
partes eius destinatis aliquod uoluminibus explicandae sint: quas ordine suo tunc demii
persequar: quom prefatus fuero pauca quaedam de ipsius rei origine ab aliis pene onmibus
omissa scriptoribus: quam reor ad uniuersae etia rei descriptione ab aliis quoque pluribus
Itacta maxle profuturam ;