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CEULEN, VAN DEN CIRCKEL, DELFT, 1596
估價
3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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描述
- Van den circkel, daer in gheleert werdt te vinden de naeste proportie des circkels-diameter tegen synen omloop ... Noch de tafelen sinuum, tagentium, ende secantium, met het gebruyck van dien, hoogh-noodigh voor de land-meters: met veel andere konstighe stucken ... Ten laetsten van interest, met alderhande tafelen daer toe dienende... Delft: Jan Andriesz Cloeting, 1596
FIRST EDITION, folio (315 x 195mm.), title with portrait vignette engraved by Jacques de Gheyn, tables, woodcut diagrams, later calf blind-tooled in period style
來源
bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1991
出版
Tomash & Williams C58; Hoogendoorn p.196 Ceu04; STCN 054827701; USTC 423602
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
First edition of Van Ceulen's major work, in which he explains his calculation on the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter and calculations on the length of the sides of equilateral polygons. Chapter 21 is a systematic refutation of Scaliger’s Cyclometrica (1594), a work that included a false circle quadrature and many other incorrect theorems (see lot 576).