9780299057305 - John Pecham and the Science of Optics: Perspectiva Communis (University of Wisconsin Publications in Medieval Science) (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Very Good condition hardcover book, Good condition dust jacket. Slightest shelf wear to covers and toning to cover edges. Slightest bumping to spine ends. Nice lettering on spine, not worn. Very slight toning and smudging to text block edges and end papers. Dust jacket unclipped. Dust jacket has slight shelf wear, sunning and toning, and very slight smudging. Some tears to edges, largest is about 1.5 inches. Dust jacket protected by mylar. All books are individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically described as such.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with minor age tone. DJ with some edge wear, a few tears and toning.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. First English edition of 'the most widely read and cited of all medieval works on optics'; original Latin text with translation on opposite pages. Pecham lectured at Oxford & Paris and eventually became Archbishop of Canterbury, and was actively involved in assimilating newly discovered ancient Greek and Islamic science into European society. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; #14 in the publisher's series on medieval science. Corners bumped, light general wear, price-clipped jacket edgeworn, particularly at the head of the spine, some scuffs & light tanning, heavier to the spine Text clean; xvii, 300 pages, index, bibliography, notes, figures; biographical sketch of the author, essays on the 'Perspectiva', notes on the manuscripts and printed versions used. Size: Quarto.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. University of Wisconsin Press, 1970; no additional printings indicated; xvi, 300, [2 ads]pp. Peckham's (here called Pecham) Perspectiva Communis in the original Latin, with English translation on facing pages. Edited with an introduction, English translation, and critical notes by David C. Lindberg. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear, faint foxing to edges of gray cloth boards, black titling remains bold; very light foxing to edges of page block; text very good throughout. Edges of unclipped dust jacket are foxed with light wear; faint evidence of damp-staining around bottom edge of front panel and over spine, not apparent on book beneath; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: fair. Cloth/dust jacket Octavo. grey cloth, black lettering, dust jacket, 300 pp, dj covers worn.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Large 8vo. xvii, 300 pp., (2). Text in Latin and English. Gray cloth lettered in black at spine. Jacket sunned at spine, tear to crown of spine reinforced at verso with archival mylar tape, minor tear to bottom edge of rear jacket panel. Fine in Good dust jacket. In archival mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 25 x 17 cm. Octavo. xvii 300pp [1]. Grey cloth in dust jacket. Parallel text in English and Latin of Peacham's Middle Ages treatise "Perspectiva communis". Jacket is worn with chipping and a closed tear to the spoine and a piece out of the back of the jacket and some toning. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Date written on front free endpaper. Toning to the cloth at the spine and edges.

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