The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield removed from Shirburn Castle: Part 2 Science A-C

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Lot 539
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Clavius, Christophorus, S.J.

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Description

  • Clavius, Christophorus, S.J.
Algebra. Rome: Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1608

Literature

Sommervogel ii, 1221

Catalogue Note

first edition. Clavius introduced into Italy the German plus and minus signs and was one of the first to use parentheses to express aggregation of terms.