Author: Neville, Pamela Title: The Printer's Copy of Commandino's Translation of Archimedes, 1558
Description: Firenze, Leo S. Olschki, Publisher, 1987. Wraps. Printed wraps. 6 pp. Presumably an offprint from another source. Signed by the author, with a short inscription, on the top of the front cover. A short discussion of the history and importance of a manuscript printer's copy of a translation of Archimedes, shedding light on the Renaissance study of Greek mathematics, including geometry and algebra. GOOD condition. Minor soiling, fading, wrinkling and edgewear. Good .
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Price: US$ 16.00 Seller: Mare Booksellers
- Book number: 014921
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