JOHN PECHAM AND THE SCIENCE OF OPTICS Perspectiva Communis (Latin and English Edition) by Peckham, John & David C. Lindberg - 1970

Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 7x1x13. University of Wisconsin Press, 1970; no additional printings indicated; xvi, 300, [2 ads]pp. Peckham's (here called Pecham) Perspectiva Communis in the original Latin, with English translation on facing pages. Edited with an introduction, English translation, and critical notes by David C. Lindberg. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; minor wear, faint foxing to edges of gray cloth boards, black titling remains bold; very light foxing to edges of page block; text very good throughout. Edges of unclipped dust jacket are foxed with light wear; faint evidence of damp-staining around bottom edge of front panel and over spine, not apparent on book beneath; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

University of Wisconsin Press, 1970. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1970, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 7x1x13. First Edition. Large 8vo. xvii, 300 pp., (2). Text in Latin and English. Gray cloth lettered in black at spine. Jacket sunned at spine, tear to crown of spine reinforced at verso with archival mylar tape, minor tear to bottom edge of rear jacket panel. Fine in Good dust jacket. In archival mylar sleeve.

Madison, Milwaukee, and London: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 25 x 17 cm. Octavo. xvii 300pp [1]. Grey cloth in dust jacket. Parallel text in English and Latin of Peacham's Middle Ages treatise "Perspectiva communis". Jacket is worn with chipping and a closed tear to the spoine and a piece out of the back of the jacket and some toning. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Date written on front free endpaper. Toning to the cloth at the spine and edges.