III. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRODROMUS 



I. THE ORIGINAL EDITION 



Nicolai Stenonis De Solido Intra Solidum Naturaliter Contento 

 — Dissertationis Prodromus. Ad Serenissimum Ferdinandum II 

 Magnum Etruriae Ducem. Florentiae. Ex Typographia sub 

 signo Stellae MDCLXIX. Superiorum Permissu} 



The volume is a small quarto, the type page measuring seven and 

 one sixteenth by four and three sixteenths inches, with wide mar- 

 gins. Including the margins, the page measures nine and one half 

 by six and five sixteenths inches. Maar observes {Opera Philo- 

 sophica. Vol. II, p. 355) that copies are extant without the wide 

 margins, although he does not state where either these or the former 

 may be found. The title-page is in two colors, as may be seen from 

 our reproduction of it (Plate VII). We present also a reproduction 

 of the first page of the treatise, with its tastefully designed headpiece 

 and initial letter (Plate VIII). The volume is a creditable example 

 of seventeenth century Italian printing. 



The text fills 76 pages, and ends with a quaint tailpiece, which 

 we have reproduced at the end of the translation (p. 270). The 

 authorizations of publication fill the greater part of the next two 

 pages. The figures follow, brought together in a single large fold- 

 ing plate. In this volume for the convenience of readers we have 

 distributed the figures among three full-page plates (numbered IX, 



1 Translation : The Prodromus of Nicolaus Steno's 



Dissertation 



Concerning a solid naturally contained 



Within a solid 



To 

 The Most Serene 

 Ferdinand II 

 Grand Duke of Tuscany 



Florence 



From the press under the sign of the star, MDCLXIX 



By order of the superiors. 



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