Niceron, Jean Francois (1613-1646) Thaumaturgus Opticus

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Niceron, Jean Francois (1613-1646) Thaumaturgus Opticus. Paris: Langlois, 1646.
First edition, folio, half-title, illustrated with engraved title and forty-two full-page engravings, minor waterstain in the gutter of the last few signatures, eighteenth century limp parchment, later endleaves.
Niceron was an artist and a Minim friar, with an interest in perspective and optics. This copy bears Minim order library ownership inscriptions dated 1673.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

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