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APOLLONIUS, PERGAEUS. Conicorum Lib. V. VI. VII. paraphraste Asphahanensi Nunc primum editi. Additus in calce Archimedis Assumptorum Liber... Abrahamus Ecchellensis... Latinos reddidit, Io. Alfonsus Borellus... curam in Geometricis versioni contulit, & notas... adiecit. Florence: Joseph Cocchin, 1661. Title printed in red and black, numerous diagrams in text, half-title, errata leaf. Folio, old calf, some wear to spine and edges. Honeyman I, 119.
A Latin translation from the free version in Arabic made in 983 by Abu 'l-Fath of Ispahan and preserved in a Florence manuscript. The fifth book is especially important treating of normals as minimum and maximum straight lines drawn from given points to the curve.
A Latin translation from the free version in Arabic made in 983 by Abu 'l-Fath of Ispahan and preserved in a Florence manuscript. The fifth book is especially important treating of normals as minimum and maximum straight lines drawn from given points to the curve.