HERON

OF ALEXANDRIA

ON PNEUMATICS

B O O K .

BY FEDERICO COMMAN-

DINO OF URBINO,

RECENTLY CONVERTED FROM GREEK

I N T O L A T I N :

original: "EX GRAECO, NVPER IN LATINVM CONVERSVS". While the source is Latin, this title page announces the first major Renaissance translation of Heron's ancient Greek mechanics into the scholarly language of the 16th century.

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WITH THE PRIVILEGE

A "privilege" was an early form of copyright protection granted by an authority.

Of Gregory XIII, Supreme Pontiff.

Pope Gregory XIII, best known for the Gregorian Calendar, reigned from 1572–1585.

URBINO 1575.

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