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PEURBACH, TRACTATUS SUPER PROPOSITIONES PTOLEMAEI DE SINUBUS & CHORDIS, NUREMBERG, 1541, LATER WRAPPER
估價
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
招標截止
描述
- Tractatus... super propositiones Ptolemaei de sinubus & chordis. Item compositio tabularum sinuum per Ioannem de Regiomonte. Adiectae sunt & tabulae sinuum duplices per eundem Regiomontanum. Nuremberg: Johann Petreius, 1541
FIRST EDITION, folio (305 x 202mm.), woodcut initials and diagrams, without final blank leaf, modern marbled paper wrappers, a few small stains
來源
bought from Martayan Lan, New York, 1994
出版
Tomash & Williams P63; USTC 699113; VD16 P 2071
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
Peurbach's treatise contained a description of how to calculate the values of sines and chords, in the first place as explained by Arabic astronomers and then according to Ptolemy; Peurbach partly based his work on that of John of Gmunden's De sinubus, chordis et arcubus. The trigonometric tables of Regiomontanus are also published here for the first time. The preface is by Johannes Schöner, a Nuremberg mathematician and astronomer (see lot 584 for a work by him, also printed by Petreius).