Hieronymi Cardani Mediolanensis medici De svbtilitate libri XXI. nvnc demum recogniti atq[ue] perfecti ... / [Girolamo Cardano].

De subtilitate libri XXI

Basileæ : Per Lvdovicvm Lvcivm, 1554.

24 unnumbered pages, 561 pages, 1 unnumbered bl. leaves : illustrations, portrait ; (folio)

Adams C670

Among inventions described in this work are a telegraph, a combinatory alphabetical lock, etc. The 16th book, "de scientiis", contains treatises on geometry, arithmetic, algebra, music, etc

Signatures: alpha-gamma4a-z4A-2Z43A6

This work is known to exist in at least 2 states. In state 1, p. 70 is misnumbered 64 and pages 307 & 310 are numbered correctly; in state 2 p. 70 is numbered correctly and p. 307 & 310 are misnumbered 305 & 308 respectively

HRC copy 1 is state 1; copy 2 is state 2

Numerous other errors in pagination

Portrait of author on verso of t.p.; historiated initials

"Index rervm maxime memorabilivm librorum XXI. de subtilitate": p. [5]-[24] at front

"Errata inter excvdendvm operarvm incuria commissa, sic emendabis": p. 561

Pages [2]-[3] at end are blank

Title vignette

Copy 1 Note: Bound with his In Cl. Ptolemaei ... de astrorum judiciis. 1554.