BONOMO, Gabriele (1694-1760). Trigonometria plana, et sphœrica perspicuis demonstrationibus . Palermo: Angelo Felicella, 1754.
BONOMO, Gabriele (1694-1760). Trigonometria plana, et sphœrica perspicuis demonstrationibus . Palermo: Angelo Felicella, 1754. 4° (206 x 140mm). Woodcut device on title, 4 engraved plates, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Some light spotting.) Contemporary vellum, speckled edges (light staining). FIRST EDITION. Gabriele Bonomo was born into a wealthy Sicilian family in Nicosia; he studied at the Convent of St. Oliva in Palermo, and then became professor of theology. His efforts were directed to renewing the teachings replacing the old Aristotelian-scholastic culture with the new science of Leibniz and Newton. His readings of Euclid triggered a passion for mathematics and he founded an academy of mathematics in the convent; here scholars such as Castronio, Abati and Spedalieri gathered to study. Trigonometria plana sets out with extraordinary clarity a matter — trigonometry — usually presented cryptically: it is one of the first systematic manuals published in Italy and marks a considerable advance in the divulgation of this discipline. Riccardi I, 155.
BONOMO, Gabriele (1694-1760). Trigonometria plana, et sphœrica perspicuis demonstrationibus . Palermo: Angelo Felicella, 1754.
BONOMO, Gabriele (1694-1760). Trigonometria plana, et sphœrica perspicuis demonstrationibus . Palermo: Angelo Felicella, 1754. 4° (206 x 140mm). Woodcut device on title, 4 engraved plates, woodcut initials and headpieces. (Some light spotting.) Contemporary vellum, speckled edges (light staining). FIRST EDITION. Gabriele Bonomo was born into a wealthy Sicilian family in Nicosia; he studied at the Convent of St. Oliva in Palermo, and then became professor of theology. His efforts were directed to renewing the teachings replacing the old Aristotelian-scholastic culture with the new science of Leibniz and Newton. His readings of Euclid triggered a passion for mathematics and he founded an academy of mathematics in the convent; here scholars such as Castronio, Abati and Spedalieri gathered to study. Trigonometria plana sets out with extraordinary clarity a matter — trigonometry — usually presented cryptically: it is one of the first systematic manuals published in Italy and marks a considerable advance in the divulgation of this discipline. Riccardi I, 155.
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