Libro de algebra en arithmetica y geometria

by Pedro NuÑEz

$35,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Antwerp: heirs of Arnold Birckman, 1567. First edition of this very rare and celebrated treatise on algebra, the superb de Thou copy bound in early seventeenth-century French citron morocco with his arms – scientific books in de Thou bindings very rarely appear on the market. “Considered the greatest of Portuguese mathematicians, Nuñez reveals in his discoveries, theories, and publications that he was a first-rate

• Binding: Leather

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