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Basel Euclid In A Contemporary Binding
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EUCLID. Elementorum geometricorum libri XV. Basel, Johannes Herwagen, 1546.
A genuine and attractive copy of the Basel Euclid in a contemporary binding.
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A "Logarithm Bestseller"
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GARDINER, William. Tables of Logarithms for all numbers from 1 to 102100 and for the Sines and Tangents... with other useful and necessary tables. London, G. Smith, 1742.
Rare. First edition of the first work on logarithms to extend calculations to the seventh figure, celebrated for the accuracy of its computations as well as the legibility and elegance of its printing.
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Huygen's Logarithmic Curve
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GRANDI, Guido. Geometrica demostratio theorematum Hugenianorum circa logisticam, seu logarithmicam lineam... Florence, Pietro Antonio Brigonci, 1701.
First edition of Grandi’s demonstration of Huygen’s logarithmic curve. Huygens had first enunciated theorems concerning the logarithmic or logistic curve (y = b ln(x/a) or x = aey/b) in a communication read before the Paris Academy in 1669; Grandi here demonstrates them in print for the first time.
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Latin Translation of Euclid’s Only Treatise on Astronomy—First Use of the Trigonometric Function of the Secant—Earliest Printed Latin Translation of Autolycus of Pitane’s Sphericae
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MAUROLICO, Francesco, tr.. Theodosii Sphæricorum elementorum ... Messina, Petrus Spira, 1558.
Very rare first edition of Maurolico’s Latin translations of works on spherical geometry by four ancient Greek writers.
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The Florentine Enigma Solved by its Inventor
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V[IVIANI], V[incenzo]. Al serenissimo Principe di Toscana, Formazione, e misura di tutti i cieli ... . Florence, Piero Matini, 1692.
Very rare first and only edition of this book of geometrical problems proposed by Galileo’s last disciple, including Viviani’s own solution to the Florentine Enigma he had published earlier that year under a pseudonym.
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