Mathematics, Greek, Mathematics, Greek--Early works to 1800, Conic sections, Conic sections--Early works to 1800, QA31 .A66 1661
APOLLONIUS of Perga. Conicorum Lib. V. VI. VII. paraphraste Abalphato Asphahanensi nunc primum editi. Additus in calce Archimedis assumptorum liber... Show moreAPOLLONIUS of Perga. Conicorum Lib. V. VI. VII. paraphraste Abalphato Asphahanensi nunc primum editi. Additus in calce Archimedis assumptorum liber ex codicibus Arabicis Mss ... Abrahamus Ecchellensis Latinos ... reddidit ... Io. Alfonsus Borellus ... notas uberiores in universum opus adiecit. Florence, Joseph Cocchini 1661. Tall 4to, 1lea. (bin.) + 1tit. + 1 + 1tit. + 1 + 8 + 8 + 8 pref. + 6 + 2 ind. + 2 cont. + 415 + 1 + 1 lea. (bin.), title printed in red and black, numerous diagrams throughout; a magnificient copy, entirely uncut; modern culf backed marbled boards. First edition of the Ecchelensis translations of both works, the first published version of Books V - VII of Apollonius's Conics, which only survive in the Arabic version of Abu 'l-Fath al-Isfahani, based on the translation of Thabit ibn Qurra. Apollonius introduced the terms ellipse, parabola and hyperbola. The first four books of the Conics "probably contain little that was not alreay known ... Books V - VII seen to contain the discoveries which he himself had made" (Smith, History of mathematics, I, p. 117). These books were presumed lost (the eighth is still lost) until Borelli discovered an Arabic manuscript in the Medici library in Florence. Abraham Ecchelensis was a Maronite, born in Syria, who died in Rome 1664. He was professor of Arabic and Syriac in Rome and Paris. The Archimedes was translated from another Arabic manuscript in the Medici library, a translation from the Greek by Thabit ibn Qurra: as with the Apollonius, the Greek original of this text does not survive. For Apollonius see Sezgin, V, pp. 139-43; for Thabit ibn Qurra see Seagin, V. pp. 264-274. Norman 58; Riccardi I, 158, 5 ("Bella edizione, ed assai ricercata"). Main Heritage Shelves General QA31 .A66 1661 Book Item-ID: i1007420x BIB-ID: 1009056 Reliure aux armes de Marc-Antoine Mazenod et ex-libris ms. du Collège de la Trinité de Lyon. Fr693836101: Rés 107475 Reliure parchemin armoriée. Fr693836101: Rés 107475 Show less
AL BOHALI. De judiciis nativitatum liber unus, antehac non editus. Epistola nuncupatoria Ioachim Helleri Leucopetraei ad clarissimum virum D.... Show moreAL BOHALI. De judiciis nativitatum liber unus, antehac non editus. Epistola nuncupatoria Ioachim Helleri Leucopetraei ad clarissimum virum D. Philippum Melanthonem. Nuremberg, Ioannes Montanus & Ulric Neuber, 1549. 1€l(b)+1tit.+1 +24+21+1 with woodcut border at head of title, large woodcut vignette on last leaf, woodcut initials, and diagrams in text; extensive contemporary annotations; modern vellum. The second edition (first 1546) of Abu Ali al-Khayyat's Kitab al-Mawalid as translated to Latin by Johannes Hispalensis (John of Seville). "[The author's] fame in mediaeval Europe stems from the K. al-Mawalid, a work on judicial astrology which also contains horoscopes for illness, frequent citations from Ptolemy and Hermes on the pars fortunae, etc. Two Latin translations were made of it, one by Plato of Tivoli (Plate Tiburtinus) at Barcelona in 1136, and the other by Seville in 1153; the latter translation was printed in Nuremberg (1546, 1549)" (EI) The translator, Johannes Hispalensis, was "the chief and most voluminous translator of astrological works from Arabic into Latin in the twelfth century. [His trnaslations] remained in use during the later middle ages and many of them appeared in print in early editions" (Thorndike, II, p. 73). Joachim Heller was a leading member of the circle of the celebrated Humanist and Reformer Philip Melanchthon, to whom the preface of this edition is Albohali is addressed. Heller explains Albohali's method, and states that the work is published from a manuscript which was once in the library of King Mathias of Hungary. El, IV, p. 1162; Sezgin, VII, pp. 120-21. Adams A562; Carmody p. 50 (1546 edition only); IA 102. 783; Lalande p. 69; Zinner 1949. Contient : bandeau gr. s. b. au titre, marque typ. à la fin. Main Heritage Shelves General QB26 .K43 1549 Book Item-ID: i10077510 BIB-ID: 1009387 Ex-libris ms des [carmes] déchaussés de Lyon. Fr693836101 : Rés 348923 Reliure parchemin 16e siècle, double cadre de filets à froid, 4 fleuronsà froid. Fr693836101 : Rés 348923 Show less
