Geometriae practicae novae
Subtitle: tractatus I-[III] ...
Contributors: Halbmayern, Simon, publisher, printer; Iselberg, Peter, approximately 1568-approximately 1630, engraver; Hauer, Johann, 1586-1660, engraver; Gershel's Antiquariat (Stuttgart)
Publisher: bey  Simon Halbmay ern
Published: 1618
Place of publication: Nu rnberg
Language: ger
Subjects: Measuring instruments; Surveying; Geometry; Design and construction,; Early works to 1800; Mathematical instruments
Notes: The engraved title pages were executed by Peter Iselberg (ca. 1568-1630) after original artwork by Johann Hauer (1579-1637).

The place of publication and name of publisher are taken from the title page of t.I; the imprint date from the colophon of t.III.

The first three parts, previously issued separately, were originally published together in 1618 under the title: Geometriae practicae novae. All four parts were issued together for the first time in 1627.--Cf. NUC pre-1956

Each tractatus has an engraved, pictorial title page within an ornamented architectural border, along with separate pagination and signature registers.

The woodcut illustrations within the four parts of this work show geometrical concepts and proofs, both in the abstract and as applied to surveying, the latter illustrating various measuring tools as well as surveying techniques superimposed onto maps and scenes of everyday life.

Head- and tailpieces; initials.

Errata: final pages of each separate tractatus.

NUC pre-1956 NS0329121 (variant edition)

NUC pre-1956 NS0329118 (variant edition)

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in full, early vellum over boards with a manuscript label, in an early hand, at the head of its spine. All text block edges are stained black. An ink stamp on the front pastedown reads: "Gerschel's Antiquariat Stuttgart." There is an illegible signature, in iron gall ink, at the foot of the title page of t.I.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound with two other titles. This volume includes: [no.1]: Schwenter, Daniel. Geometria practicae novae. Nu rnberg: bey  Simon Halbmay ern, 1618. -- [no.2]: Welper, Eberhard. Elementa geometrica in usum geometriae ... Argentorati: Johannes Reppius, 1620. -- [no.3]: Mu ller, Jacob. Praxis geometrica universalis ... Getruckt zu Giessen: Caspar Chemlin, 1621.