PITISCUS, Bartholemäus (1561-1613). Sinuum tangentium et secantium canon manualis . Heidelberg: Johannes Rosae, 1613.
PITISCUS, Bartholemäus (1561-1613). Sinuum tangentium et secantium canon manualis . Heidelberg: Johannes Rosae, 1613. 12 o (131 x 74 mm). Contemporary blind-ruled vellum over pasteboard (some light soiling). Provenance : Kenney Collection (sold Sotheby's London, 23 May 1967, lot 3312); Robert B. Honeyman (his sale part VI, Sotheby's London, 10 November 1980, lot 2489). FIRST EDITION of Pitiscus's separately-issued trigonometric tables. Pitiscus created the modern field of trigonometry and gave it its name. RARE: RLG locates only the copy at Brown University.
PITISCUS, Bartholemäus (1561-1613). Sinuum tangentium et secantium canon manualis . Heidelberg: Johannes Rosae, 1613.
PITISCUS, Bartholemäus (1561-1613). Sinuum tangentium et secantium canon manualis . Heidelberg: Johannes Rosae, 1613. 12 o (131 x 74 mm). Contemporary blind-ruled vellum over pasteboard (some light soiling). Provenance : Kenney Collection (sold Sotheby's London, 23 May 1967, lot 3312); Robert B. Honeyman (his sale part VI, Sotheby's London, 10 November 1980, lot 2489). FIRST EDITION of Pitiscus's separately-issued trigonometric tables. Pitiscus created the modern field of trigonometry and gave it its name. RARE: RLG locates only the copy at Brown University.
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