Title: Mathematicae Collectiones Author: Pappus Alexandrinus Place: Bologna Publisher: Typographia H.H. de Ducciis Date: 1660 Description: [x], 490, [1] pp. Half-title present. Engraved portrait, armorial engraved vignette on title page, woodcut printers device on final leaf; numerous diagrams and woodcut illustrations in text. (4to) 30.5x20 cm (12x8"), modern vellum-backed boards, brown leather spine label lettered in gilt. Second Edition. First published in 1588. Translated to Latin and with commentary by Ferderico Commandino. “The last of the great Alexandrian mathematical treatises . . . a kind of handbook to the study of Greek geometry with historical annotations, improvements, and alterations of existing theorems and demonstrations. It was to be read with the original works rather than independently. Many results of ancient authors are known only in the form in which Pappus preserved them...”- Struik, Dirk J. A Concise History of Mathematics, page 75. "For his own originality, even if his chief importance is as the preserver of Greek scientific knowledge, Pappus stands (with Diophantus) as the last of the long and distinguished line of Alexandrian mathematicians" (DSB). Riccardi I, 363; DSB X, 293-302 Lot Amendments Condition: Upper corner of boards bumped; half title and final leaf a bit soiled; a few marginal notes; near fine. Item number: 261423
Title: Mathematicae Collectiones Author: Pappus Alexandrinus Place: Bologna Publisher: Typographia H.H. de Ducciis Date: 1660 Description: [x], 490, [1] pp. Half-title present. Engraved portrait, armorial engraved vignette on title page, woodcut printers device on final leaf; numerous diagrams and woodcut illustrations in text. (4to) 30.5x20 cm (12x8"), modern vellum-backed boards, brown leather spine label lettered in gilt. Second Edition. First published in 1588. Translated to Latin and with commentary by Ferderico Commandino. “The last of the great Alexandrian mathematical treatises . . . a kind of handbook to the study of Greek geometry with historical annotations, improvements, and alterations of existing theorems and demonstrations. It was to be read with the original works rather than independently. Many results of ancient authors are known only in the form in which Pappus preserved them...”- Struik, Dirk J. A Concise History of Mathematics, page 75. "For his own originality, even if his chief importance is as the preserver of Greek scientific knowledge, Pappus stands (with Diophantus) as the last of the long and distinguished line of Alexandrian mathematicians" (DSB). Riccardi I, 363; DSB X, 293-302 Lot Amendments Condition: Upper corner of boards bumped; half title and final leaf a bit soiled; a few marginal notes; near fine. Item number: 261423
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