I quindici libri degli elementi di Euclide, di greco tradotti in lingua thoscana

by Angelo Euclid / Caiani, ed., tr

$4,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

First edition

Rare first edition of Euclid extracts in Italian, preceded only by Tartaglia’s translation of 1543, of which it is independent. The first Italian translation made directly from the Greek. According to Rose, (Italian Renaissance of Mathematics, p. 189), the editor and translator Cainai omitted the proofs and figures of most..... More

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