( Circa 1595 - 1639 )
In-8 ° (198x140 mm.). [8], 71, [5], 23, [1] pp. Bound in full contemporay parchment with gusset and gilding on the spine. Several woodcut initials and ends. Numerous figures interspersed in the text and tables of logarithms. Unfortunately, nice specimen with numerous worm holes. Second edition. It is a technical work, in which the author declares himself a follower of the French and Dutch for the use of the Neperian logarithmic tables which he first introduced in Italy. Il Barca also carried out a modest architectural activity; in fact he is remembered as the performer in Milan of a chapel of San Romano, now demolished, which was adjacent to the church of San Babila. "(Rossana Bossaglia, in DBI, VI, 1964). Bibliography (for the first edition): Marini, p 86. Cockle, 829. Vinciana, 1410: "Posthumous, rare and renowned work." D'Ayala, 84. Riccardi, I, 79. Maggiorotti, Short dictionary of Italian military architects and engineers p. 7 (second edition of 1643 Guarnieri, pp. 6-7. Promis, XIV, 831. Sticca, p. 151.
