GHALIGAI (Galigai), Francesco Pratica d'aritmetica... - Firenze, Giunti, 1552
4to. Early 19th c. half calf, spine with green and red label and gilt; slightly rubbed. Printer's device (repeated). 114 ff.; some mild soiling here and there, but generally a good copy.
Third and apparently last edn. (1st 1521) of a work highly prized by Libri as «un résumé fort bien fait de tout ce qu'on savait alors», and by Riccardi who calls it «prezioso trattato». Cf. Riccardi I, 501-502 for a very detailed description. BL STC 299. Adams G-563. Smith, Rara Arithmetica, 132: «The book... was intended for the use of merchants, and contains a large number of practical problems showing the conditions of the trade at the time of its publication... Books 10 and 13 relate to algebra...»
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