GEOMETRY

BY INDIVISIBLES

OF CONTINUA

Advanced by a certain new method.

BY THE AUTHOR

FRIAR BONAVENTURA CAVALIERI OF MILAN.

Of the Order of the Jesuates of Saint Jerome, Prior of Saint Mary of Mascarella.

And Primary Professor of Mathematics in the Nurturing Gymnasium of Bologna.

The "Nurturing Gymnasium of Bologna" refers to the University of Bologna, one of the oldest universities in the world.

TO THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS AND REVEREND LORD,

LORD GIOVANNI CIAMPOLI.

Giovanni Ciampoli was an Italian priest and a close friend of Galileo Galilei. He fell from grace in the Vatican shortly before this book was published.

An ornate heraldic emblem or printer's device features a central flower, possibly a rose or thistle, upon which a bee and a spider are perched. A banner above the flower reads "From here honey" original: "HINC MEL" on the left and "From here poison" original: "HINC VENENVM" on the right. This imagery suggests that the same source can provide different results depending on the nature of the gatherer. The shield is surrounded by elaborate scrollwork, a decorative mask at the top, and a satyr-like face at the base.

A circular institutional library stamp appears to the right of the central emblem. It is partially faded and contains a floral motif with surrounding text.

AT BOLOGNA, From the presses of Clemente Ferroni. 1635. With the permission of the superiors.

original: "Superiorum permissu"; this indicates the text was reviewed and approved by both ecclesiastical and civil censors.