The Tower of the Winds.

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  • Van Velzer, Lawrence G.
  • Santa Cruz : Foolscap Press, 2002.
  • Book

    • Where to find it

    Art Library — Artists' Book Collection Shelved Flat

    Call Number
    N7433.4.V36 T68 2002
    Status
    In-Library Use Only
    Item Note
    No. 61

    Contents

    1. Athens -- 2. Plato's pavilion -- 3. The winds -- 4. The test of 1844 -- 5. A mainspring of technology -- 6. The sun, the winds & time.

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    Other details

    Description:
    1 scroll : illustrations, plans ; 28 cm
    Published:
    Santa Cruz : Foolscap Press, 2002.
    Language:
    English
    Notes:
    Title from beginning of scroll.
    "Text by Lawrence G. van Velzer & Peggy Gotthold ... designed and printed by the authors"--Colophon.
    In cylindrical case with metal clasp.
    Limited edition of 200 copies.
    Condition: no library markings, in protective enclosure.
    "The text follows the written history and compiled science of an intriguing building that was constructed as a monument to mythology and to house the most advanced in scientific instruments. The tower has had many functions both mechanical and spiritual, and much of it has been "explained" by scholars from antiquity up to the present time. Yet the Tower of the Winds was and still is a mystery to those involved in the complex study of it." -- Foolscap Press website, accessed 4/23/2012
    Includes bibliographical references.
    ISBN:
    0964467240
    OCLC Number:
    50173815

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