[HUSWIRT, Johannes]. Arithmetice lilium triplicis practice atque pulcherrime utputa, tum in integris tum in factoris, tum in projectilibus... Show more[HUSWIRT, Johannes]. Arithmetice lilium triplicis practice atque pulcherrime utputa, tum in integris tum in factoris, tum in projectilibus adiunctis nonullis mercatoribus regulis ... [Cologne, Cornelius de Zyrickzee], 1511. 4to, 1 l (b.) + 40p + 1 l (b), with large woodcut on verso of title and large woodcut coat of arms on verso of last leaf; some compemtporary annotations; copy in recent boards. This rare treatise is "one of the earliest [works] printed in Germany on the Arabic system" (De Morgan). According to David Eugene Smith, in the addenda to his Rara Arithmetica, this is a verbatim reprint of the first edition of Huswirt's Enchiridion of 1501. The book "is divided into four tractati, and includes the fundamental operations through evolution, a brief treatment of abacus or line reckoning, common fractions, rule of three, partnership, and over twenty miscellaneous rules. Adams A1974 (imperfect); see De Morgan, p. 3 and Smith, pp. 74 and 507; not in the British Library; not in NUC. Woodcut Crucifixion, by Lucas Cranach (?) verso of t.p.; woodcut coat-of-arms on verso of last leaf. Show less
Map of India, west of the Ganges. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. A... Show moreMap of India, west of the Ganges. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00319 Print Map Item-ID: i11400869 BIB-ID: 1728363 Show less
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and... Show moreMap of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511. The map covers the region of South Asia. There is land-mass and rivers are represented by triple lines.Names are in red roman characters.Damaged at cetre but repaired. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00320 Print Map Item-ID: i11400870 BIB-ID: 1172430 Text in Latin. Show less
Map of Arabian Peninsula without title seems to be copied from previous maps of Ptolemy.The tropic of Cancer is drawn as thick line crossing almost... Show moreMap of Arabian Peninsula without title seems to be copied from previous maps of Ptolemy.The tropic of Cancer is drawn as thick line crossing almost at the centre of the peninsula. Bastard ghotic lettering used. Map of the Arabian Peninsula. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01186 Print Map Item-ID: i11404413 BIB-ID: 1172784 Text in Latin. Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00689 Print Map Item-ID: i24502790 BIB-ID: 2622106 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00689 Print Map Item-ID: i24502790 BIB-ID: 2622106 Show less
