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ENS, Gasparo. Thaumaturgus Mathematicus. Cologne: Konstantin Munich, 1651. 8vo. Illustration of Archimedes measuring the earth on title page, woodcuts, head and tail pieces, woodcut initials, index. Recased drab blue wrappers (damp stains, toning, browning to ink block). Second Latin edition of an early text dealing with mathematics and alchemy, adapted by Ens from Jean Leurechon’s Recreations Mathematiques, printed in 1624. Includes early woodcut illustration of the corner of a billiards table on pg. 146. VD 17 23:273399R. Rare.