Mathematicae Collectiones a Federico Commandino Urbinate in latinum conversae, et commentariis illustratae

by Pappus Of Alexandria

$27,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Pesaro: Girolamo Concordia, 1588. First edition of Pappus' Collection, translated with commentary by Federico Commandino, a princely copy from the notable collection of the great Papal family and patrons of learning, the Piccolomini, Dukes of Amalfi, thence by marriage to the German nobleman von Troilo. The Collection is “by far the most important of Pappus’ works … without it, much of the

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