Forestani Pratica d'Arithmetica 1682

MATHEMATICS. FORESTANI DA PESCIA, Lorenzo. Pratica d'Arithmetica e Geometria . Di nuovo Ristampata, e con somma diligenza Ricorretta. Siena (nella Stampata del Pubblico) 1682.4to. (20x15,5 cm). (10), (2 blank), 551, (1, printer's device) pp. With printer's device on title, woodcut diagrams and illustrations within text.Near contemporary vellum with new endpapers. Binding worn, soiled and with split outer joint. Text with small ink stains affecting some letters at head of title-page, light spotting and dust-soiling throughout with § slight dampstaining affecting upper outer margins, paper fault (tear) to page 201 affecting text, with minor loss. Some notes in pencil to endpapers.Rare second, revised, edition (first 1603) of this thorough seventeenth century practical guide to practical arithmetic and geometry, with several chapters of commercial and economic interest, relating to the calculation of the interests of foreign exchange.