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MATHEMATICS -- PAPPUS ALEXANDRINUS -- COMMANDINO, F. commentaria in libros octo mathematicarum collectionum Pappi Alexandrini (…). Pesaro, H. Concordia, 1602. (4), 334 lvs. W. woodcut illustr. 4°. 19th c. h. red mor. extra, spine w. compartments & gilt. lettering & dec., all edges gilt. (Wear to extremities, title p. & last leaf discreetly reinforced w. paper, a few very discreet annot. in pencil & light ink).
Unchanged reprint of the first ed. of Pappus' works, 1588. Colophon dated 1588. - Federico Commandino (1509 – 1575), Italian humanist and mathematician. Mostly known as translator of works of ancient mathematicians. - Hoffman III, 41.€ 1200
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