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ARCHIMEDES (c. 287-212 B.C.). Opera non nulla. Edited by Federico Commandino, with commentary. Venice: Paolo Manuzio, 1558.
2 parts in one, 2° (294 x 209mm). Roman type, woodcut dolphin and anchor device (Cataldi Palau, Delfino 16) on titles and verso of last leaves, woodcut diagrams and initials in text. (Light waterstain in margin of a few leaves including title, occasional spotting.) Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, remnants of ties (lightly soiled and a little creased). Provenance: Alphonsus Codatius (old signature on free endpaper) — Carlo Muletti of Saluzzo, 1803 (inscription on front blank, last leaf of pt. I and rear endpaper, bookplate) — scored inscription on title.
Second Latin edition, varying considerably from earlier editions such as the Basel edition of 1544. Federico Commandino was a skilled mathematician in his own right; he had access to a Greek manuscript in Venice not previously available. ‘The so-called Archimedean renaissance ... gained further impetus from Commandino's rendering published by Paulus Manutius at Venice in 1558’ (Stillwell). Adams A-1532 and C-2468; Ahmanson-Murphy 448; Renouard 173.3; Stillwell 140 note.
2 parts in one, 2° (294 x 209mm). Roman type, woodcut dolphin and anchor device (Cataldi Palau, Delfino 16) on titles and verso of last leaves, woodcut diagrams and initials in text. (Light waterstain in margin of a few leaves including title, occasional spotting.) Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, remnants of ties (lightly soiled and a little creased). Provenance: Alphonsus Codatius (old signature on free endpaper) — Carlo Muletti of Saluzzo, 1803 (inscription on front blank, last leaf of pt. I and rear endpaper, bookplate) — scored inscription on title.
Second Latin edition, varying considerably from earlier editions such as the Basel edition of 1544. Federico Commandino was a skilled mathematician in his own right; he had access to a Greek manuscript in Venice not previously available. ‘The so-called Archimedean renaissance ... gained further impetus from Commandino's rendering published by Paulus Manutius at Venice in 1558’ (Stillwell). Adams A-1532 and C-2468; Ahmanson-Murphy 448; Renouard 173.3; Stillwell 140 note.
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