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VIETA, Franciscus (1540-1603). Opera mathematica. Edited by Frans van Schooten. Leiden: Bonaventure and Abraham Elzevier, 1646.
2o (313 x 188 mm). Title and a few leaves printed in red and black. Woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut diagrams in text, leaf with volvelles, intended to be cut out, inserted after Lll3. Early 18th-century speckled calf, spine gilt (upper joint cracked). Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate with "in promptu" motto.
Edited by the Dutch mathematician Frans van Schooten, this collection of Vieta's mathematical works does not include the Canon mathematicus. The editor apparently misinterpreted a remark of Vieta's about the unsuccesful edition of 1579 and chose to omit the work. Van Schooten is best known for his preparation of the first three Latin editions of Descartes's Gometrie. Brunet V, 1212; Willems 609; Norman 2152.
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Edited by the Dutch mathematician Frans van Schooten, this collection of Vieta's mathematical works does not include the Canon mathematicus. The editor apparently misinterpreted a remark of Vieta's about the unsuccesful edition of 1579 and chose to omit the work. Van Schooten is best known for his preparation of the first three Latin editions of Descartes's Gometrie. Brunet V, 1212; Willems 609; Norman 2152.