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117 - Mathematik - Simson, Robert. Opera quaedam reliqua (Vortitel: Opera quaedam geometrica. Post mortem ejus impensis Philippi Comitis Stanhope impressa). Scilicet, I. Apollonii Pergoli de sectione determinata libri II restituti, duobus insuper libris aucti. II. Porismatum liber ... III. De logarithmis liber. IV. De limitibus quantitatum et rationum, fragmentum. V. Appendix pauca continens problemata ad illustrandam praecipue veterum geometrarum analysin. Nunc primum post auctoris mortem in lucem edita cura Jacobi Clow.Mit gestochenem Porträt-Frontispiz und zahlreichen Textabbildungen. Glasgow, Foulis, 1776. 2 Bl., X, 1 Bl., 594, 34, 1 Bl., 33, 1 weißes Bl., 23 S. 24 x 18 cm. Lederband der Zeit mit Rückenschild, reicher Rückenvergoldung, Wappensupralibros auf beiden Deckeln (Gelenke restauriert).

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Mathematik - Simson, Robert. Opera quaedam reliqua (Vortitel: Opera quaedam geometrica. Post mortem ejus impensis Philippi Comitis Stanhope impressa). Scilicet, I. Apollonii Pergoli de sectione determinata libri II restituti, duobus insuper libris aucti. II. Porismatum liber ... III. De logarithmis liber. IV. De limitibus quantitatum et rationum, fragmentum. V. Appendix pauca continens problemata ad illustrandam praecipue veterum geometrarum analysin. Nunc primum post auctoris mortem in lucem edita cura Jacobi Clow.Mit gestochenem Porträt-Frontispiz und zahlreichen Textabbildungen. Glasgow, Foulis, 1776. 2 Bl., X, 1 Bl., 594, 34, 1 Bl., 33, 1 weißes Bl., 23 S. 24 x 18 cm. Lederband der Zeit mit Rückenschild, reicher Rückenvergoldung, Wappensupralibros auf beiden Deckeln (Gelenke restauriert). Cantor III, 509 -Lowndes IX, 2403 - Erste Ausgabe. - Aus dem Nachlass des berühmten schottischen Mathematikers herausgegeben, auf Kosten des Herausgebers, nicht für den Handel, gedruckt. - "Simson's contributions to mathematical knowledge took the form of critical editions and commentaries on the works of the ancient geometers ... After his death restorations of Apollonius's treatise "De sectione determinata" and of Euclid's treatise "De porismatibus" were printed for private circulation in 1776 at the expense of Earl Stanhope ... The volume contains also dissertations on "Logarithms" and on the "Limit of Quantities and Ratios", and a few problems illustrative of the ancient geometrical analysis." (Encycl. Brit.) - Gestochenes Wappen-Exlibris auf Innendeckel. - Breitrandiges Exemplar, auf kräftigem Papier gedruckt. *

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Autographen, Alte Bücher, Papierantiquitäten & Reisephotographie
Thursday, November 12
12:00 PM
Fasanenstraße 28 / 29
10719 Berlin, Germany

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