Geralamo Cardano (1501-'76, Italian physician and polymath, pioneer in mathematics and mechanics) trans. by Richard Le Blanc, LES LIVRES DE HIEROME CARDANUS MEDECIN MILANNOIS, INTITULEZ DE LA SUBTILITE, & SUBTILES INVENTIONS, ENSEMBLES LES CAUSES OCCULTES, & RAISONS D'ICELLES (Paris: Gilles Beys, 1578) Comprising a discussion of natural history, mechanics, and other scientific topics, illustrated with occasional small woodcuts; thick 12mo, full limp vellum, of the period.

Old water damage caused the vellum to bunch up and took some sizing out of the paper. The first and last few pages soft, with some losses; early owner's notes on title page; many pages with folded corners