APOLLONIUS, of Perga & ARCHIMEDES. Elementa Conica...et Archimedis Opera Nova & breviori methodo demonstrata.
Edited by Giovanni Alfonso Borelli. Eight folding engraved plates. 6 p.l., 283, [2] pp. 12mo, cont. vellum over boards (title with a short tear neatly patched on verso, some browning). Rome: Mascardi, 1679. First edition of this little known textbook epitome of Apollonius and Archimedes, edited by Borelli and published in the year of his death. In 1661, Borelli had issued his important edition of Books V, VI, and VII of the Conics of Apollonius. Very good copy. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. Riccardi, I, 44 & 160"questa rara edizione." Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 42. The collation provided by OCLC is incorrect.
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