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Arithmetica practica, libris quatuor absoluta, omnibus qui mathematicas ipsas tractare volunt perutilis, admodumque necessaria : ex novissima authoris recognitione amplior, ac endatior facta[Arithmetica practica, completed in four books, most useful and indeed necessary for all who wish to study mathematics; in this latest revision by the author, enlarged and corrected]
Simon de Colines|Paris 1542|20.2 x 29.8 cm|Relié
Third edition, the second issued by Simon de Colines (cf. Renouard, Bibliogr. de Finé, 357-358. Brun, 189. Mortimer, French, 228 (not this ed.). Schreiber, 188. Not in Fairfax Murray.)
This edition constitutes a revised and improved reissue of the 1535 edition, with a newly cut woodcut architectural border to the title ("Quadrivium II").
Full vellum binding, smooth spine, manuscript title at the head of the spine, modern binding in the style of early vellum bindings,
A small tear to the title-page restored, a date inscribed in ink beside the printed date of publication.
A pleasing copy of one of Simon de Colines’ typographical masterpieces.
€1,500