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CARDANO, PRACTICA ARITHMETICE, & MENSURANDI SINGULARIS, MILAN, 1539, OLD VELLUM
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Practica arithmetice, & mensurandi singularis. Milan: Giovanni Antonio da Castiglione for Bernardino Calusco, 1539
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (156 x 106mm.), woodcut portrait on title, woodcut diagrams, old vellum, first few leaves very slightly wormed (including frame of portrait), slight stain in a few outer margins, very slight wear to binding
Provenance
Biblioteca del Collegio Romano, S.J. (1551-1873), book label "Ex Bibliotheca majori Coll. Rom. Societ. Jesu"; Hugh K. Elliott, London, Catalogue 19, 1964, item 127, £140; Haskell F. Norman (1915-1996), book label, sale, Christie's, 18 March 1998, lot 52, $6,325, Erwin Tomash
Literature
Tomash & Williams C27; Edit16 9464; Norman 399 (this copy); Riccardi i, 249; Smith, Rara arithmetica, p.193; USTC 818848; Van Egmond pp.302-303
Condition
the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
"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."
Catalogue Note
"Cardano contributed to a number of disciplines, including medicine, astrology and gambling, but his greatest fame rests upon his work in pure mathematics. His first book on the subject was Practica arithmetice, devoted to advanced numerical calculation and including several original methods of mnemonic calculation, transformations of algebraic equations and expressions and solutions to equations above the second degree" (Norman).