Facsimile of LJS 201, Evangelista Torricelli letter to Marin Marsenne

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Geometry--Early works to 1800
Mathematics--Early works to 1800
Optics--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts Latin--17th century
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2015-03-20
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Letter in Torricelli's cursive hand to Father Marin Mersenne, praising a lens owned by Ferdinando II, promising to send a lens he himself made, and discussing spherical geometry. Written from Florence, dated 9 January 1645, on a single paper leaf with a watermark of a bishop's miter. Tipped into a modern morocco binding with gilt title and erroneous date of 1649.
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