| Description |
8 unnumbered pages, 76 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm (4to) |
| Note |
Date after place on title page. |
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Errata: p. [8]. |
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Formerly attributed to Euclid. Cf. Archibald, R.C. Euclid's book on division of figures, p. 1-7. |
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Translated by Dee from an Arabic manuscript which he believed was a version of Euclid's lost work De superficierum divisionibus. Cf. prefatory letter from Dee to Commandino; Cantor's Vorlesungen über Geschichte der Math., v. 1, p. 287. |
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An earlier edition published in Bologna, 1565, is cited in Haym's Bibliotheca italiana, 1803, v. 4, p. 87. |
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Illustrated throughout with woodcut diagrams. |
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Printer's device on t.p. |
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Head-piece, woodcut initials. |
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Signatures: [cross]⁴ A-H⁴ I⁶. |
| Indexed In: |
Adams, M1892 |
| Local Note |
Library copy from the Winthrop Collection. Bound with: Willebrord Snellius / Eratosthenes Batavus De terrae ambitus. Leiden, 1617; and Aristarchus, of Samos / Aristarchi De magnitudinibus, et distantiis solis. Pesaro, 1572. Bound together subsequent to publication. |
| Subject |
Geometry -- Early works to 1800.
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Mathematics -- Early works to 1800.
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Mathematics, Arab -- Early works to 1800.
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| Genre or Form |
Printers' devices (Printing) -- Italy -- 16th century.
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| Added Author |
Concordia, Girolamo, active 1564-1617, printer.
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Euclid, attributed name.
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Commandino, Federico, 1509-1575.
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Dee, John, 1527-1608, translator.
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Winthrop, John, 1606-1676, former owner, annotator.
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Winthrop Collection (New York Society Library) ZNS
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| Added Title |
De svperficiervm divisionibvs liber |
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