APOLLONIUS PERGAEUS, et alii. Apolloniii Pergaei Conicorum libri quatuor. Pistoia, Stefano Gatti, 1696
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folio, mm. 290x190; Contemporary full vellum binding, golden titles on the back; pp. [10, including halftitle and Titlepage, 260; pp. [4], 76. many geometric illustarations within the text.
RARE EDITION, corrected and amended, the work of Apollonius with the translation and commentary of Commandino. The book edited by Commandino, here revived in the reprint of Buti, was crucial to raise awareness of the work on conic sections of Apollonius of Perga. Loria: "Foundation almost unique [mathematical research] ... is the great treatise of conic sections, one of the most sublime works of literature of all times and all nations." The studies that Commandino was conducting on mathematics of ancient Greece led him to support the text of Apollonius with some minor writings of Pappo, Eutocio, and Clear, still unpublished, which may constitute a complement to the conic sections of Apollonius.
Riccardi, I, 362-5; Loria, St. delle Matematiche, p. 61.
Condition Report: Slight sign of dampstain. Nice specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
RARE EDITION, corrected and amended, the work of Apollonius with the translation and commentary of Commandino. The book edited by Commandino, here revived in the reprint of Buti, was crucial to raise awareness of the work on conic sections of Apollonius of Perga. Loria: "Foundation almost unique [mathematical research] ... is the great treatise of conic sections, one of the most sublime works of literature of all times and all nations." The studies that Commandino was conducting on mathematics of ancient Greece led him to support the text of Apollonius with some minor writings of Pappo, Eutocio, and Clear, still unpublished, which may constitute a complement to the conic sections of Apollonius.
Riccardi, I, 362-5; Loria, St. delle Matematiche, p. 61.
Condition Report: Slight sign of dampstain. Nice specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
