Prodromi Catoptricorum Et Dioptricorum Sive Conicorum Operis Ad Abdita Radii Reflexi Et

by Claude Mydorge

$13,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Paris: Jean Dedin, 1631-39. First edition, extremely rare author’s presentation copy, of all four books of this important work on conic sections, intended to provide the geometrical basis for the study of optics. “Mydorge’s work on conic sections contains hundreds of problems published for the first time, as well as a multitude of ingenious and original methods that later geometers frequently used, usually

• Binding: Hardcover

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