Trattato del radio latino
Subtitle: istrumento giustissimo & facile piu d'ogna'altro per prendere qual si voglia misura, & positione di luogo tanto in cielo, come in terra : il quale oltre alle operationi proprie sue fa anco tutte quelle della gran regola di C. Tolomeo, & dell'antico radio astronomico
By: inuentato dall'illmo. et eccellmo. signor Latino Orsini
Contributors: Accolti, Vincenzo, active 1566-1597, printer; Danti, Ignazio, 1536-1586, editor
Publisher: Appresso Vincentio Accolti
Published: 1583
Place of publication: In Roma
Language: ita
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Surveying; Early works to 1800; Instruments; Astronomical instruments
Description: First edition of a treatise by Latino Orsini on the nature and uses of the "radio latino," a sighting instrument that he named and invented.
Notes: Signatures: [dagger]⁴ A-I⁴.

Title vignette; decorative initials; small tail-pieces.

Etchings: illustrated with 14 etched leaves depicting in detail the parts of the instrument, and numerous settings in which the "radio latino" can be used to measure angles and distances, such as measuring the length of a river, height of a tower (without a ladder), or depth of a chasm.

Text printed in roman type; note to readers, and table of contents in italic type.

The note to readers, "A' lettori," by the Dominican Frate Ignazio Danti da Perugia, is dated August 26, 1583 in the Palazzo di Nostro Signore in Rome.

Note on page 72 instructing binder where to place the 14 etched plates.

Errata: page [7].

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