1304 - APOLLONIUS of Perga. On Conics, Books V, VI, VII. Paraphrased by Abalphato of Asphahan, published here for the first time. With Archimedes’ *Assumptor* appended at the end, from Arabic manuscripts …, Florence (Joseph Cocchini) 1661. In-Folio (228 x 330 mm). Recent vellum plates in the 18th-century style with title in red, pp. [36] + 415, title in red and black, numerous geometric figures in the text. A copy with full margins and in very fresh condition.

APOLLONIUS of Perga. On Conics, Books V, VI, VII. Paraphrased by Abalphato of Asphahan, published here for the first time. With Archimedes’ *Assumptor* appended at the end, from Arabic manuscripts …, Florence (Joseph Cocchini) 1661. In-Folio (228 x 330 mm). Recent vellum plates in the 18th-century style with title in red, pp. [36] + 415, title in red and black, numerous geometric figures in the text. A copy with full margins and in very fresh condition. First edition of Books V through VII, which are of major importance in the development of mathematics. The works of Apollius, partially recovered from an Arabic manuscript in the Medici Library in a translation by Thabit ibn Qurra (836–1091 CE), are translated here by Abraham Echellensis (1604–1665), professor of Syriac and Arabic at the Collège de France, with commentaries by Alphabat ibn Muhammad ibn Algasene and G. A. Borelli (1608–79). The *Liber assumptorum*, also translated by Echellensis, is a collection of lemmas attributed to Archimedes by a later compiler. Riccardi i, 158 Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)