Catalogue inscription of the Roman College 12 23 H 16

THE TREASURY

OF OPTICS.

BY ALHAZEN Alhazen is the Latinized name of Ibn al-Haytham (c. 965–1040), a pioneering Arab scientist whose work on vision and the scientific method transformed the study of light.

THE ARAB

seven books, now published for the first time.

By the SAME AUTHOR, a book ON TWILIGHTS

and the rising of clouds. This work attempted to calculate the height of the atmosphere based on the duration of twilight.

ALSO

BY WITELO A 13th-century Polish friar and natural philosopher whose work, heavily influenced by Alhazen, became a standard textbook on perspective in Europe.

THE THURINGIAN-POLE

TEN BOOKS.

All restored, illustrated with diagrams and expanded, with commentaries on Alhazen added,

FRIEDRICH RISNER. A German mathematician who collaborated with the scholar Petrus Ramus to produce this definitive edition, which remained the standard reference for optics until the time of Johannes Kepler.

Roman College

Society of Jesus. National Library.

A large woodcut printer's device of the Episcopius firm. In the center is an oval cartouche depicting a hand emerging from a cloud, holding a caduceus-like staff topped with a stork. The word "EPIS" appears to the left of the staff and "COP." to the right. The oval is surrounded by an ornate frame of Renaissance architectural and botanical motifs, including scrolls and small human figures at the base. To the right of the device is a circular ink stamp belonging to the Biblioteca Nazionale in Rome, featuring a crown and a cross.

With the privilege of the Emperor and the King of France for six years A "privilege" was an early form of copyright, granting the printer exclusive rights to sell the book for a specific period.

BASEL,

BY THE EPISCOPIUS FIRM. 1572.