TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557). La Nova Scientia, Venice, 1558, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials [bound with 2 other works by the same author], 4to, contemporary vellum. Please see the full description below.

TARTAGLIA, Nicolo (c.1499-1557).  La Nova Scientia ... con una gionta al terzo Libro. Venice: [no publisher], 1558. Full-page woodcut allegorical illustration on the title, woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials. Adams T-191; Norman 2053; PMM 66: "Tartaglia's 'The New Science' stands at the threshold of a new age in the history of mechanics ... [The author] deals with ballistics, surveying, engineering and fortification ..."; Riccardi I, 496; Sander 7191. The work was first published in 1537. [Bound with:]  Quesiti, et Inventioni Diverse ... Sopra gli Tiri delle Artiglierie, et altri suoi varii accidenti. [No place: no date]. Woodcut illustrations, diagrams and initials (lacking the first signature (A1-4), including the title, the work commencing at B1 (paginated "5") and ending at AA4 (paginated "94")). Adams T-183; Norman 2055. [And:]  Regola Generale di Solevare Ogni fondata Naue & nauilii con Ragione. Venice: "Per Curtio Troiano de i Nauò," 1562. Adams T-186; Norman 2056. A richly-illustrated work on the salvaging of shipwrecks. 3 works bound in one volume, 4to (208 x 155mm). Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, titles in later manuscript on the spine (stained, with some worming). Provenance: old illegible library stamps; old illegible signature on first title; old stub at the front with shelf numbers; modern institutional label on front pastedown; modern library shelf label at the foot of the spine.