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APOLLONIUS PERGAEUS. Apolloniii Pergaei Conicorum libri quatuor Ser.mo Principi Joannis Gastoni ab Etruria dicati… Quae olim primus vulgavit omnia Federicus Commandinus Urbinas, e Graeco a se conversa... Sereni philosophi Antinsensis Libri duo ... quorum unus De sectione cylindri, alter De sectione coni: Utrumque primus Federicus Commandinus Urbinas Latinum fecit, et commentariis illustravit; Omnia verò secundò, et emendatius quam antea in lucem prodeunt. Pistoia, Stefano Gatti, 1696 folio, mm. 290x190; Contemporary full vellum binding, golden titles on the back; pp. [10, including halftitle and Titlepage, 260; pp. [4], 76. many geometric illustarations within the text. Slight sign of dampstain. Nice specimen
Rare edition, corrected and amended, the work of Apollonius with the translation and commentary of Commandino. The book edited by Commandino, here revived in the reprint of Buti, was crucial to raise awareness of the work on conic sections of Apollonius of Perga. Loria: "Foundation almost unique [mathematical research] ... is the great treatise of conic sections, one of the most sublime works of literature of all times and all nations." The studies that Commandino was conducting on mathematics of ancient Greece led him to support the text of Apollonius with some minor writings of Pappo, Eutocio, and Clear, still unpublished, which may constitute a complement to the conic sections of Apollonius. Riccardi, I, 362-5; Loria, St. delle Matematiche, p. 61. The Lot is offered with a valid export licence.