RIESE, RECHNUNG NACH DER LAENGE, LEIPZIG, 1550

FIRST EDITION, 4to (182 x 142mm.), woodcut portrait of the author on title, nineteenth-century half vellum, some browning and foxing, first 3 leaves with small hole in text

Samuel Linse, ownership inscription on last page; Robert B. Honeyman (1897-1987), book label and ink note (“Rare – a nice copy”) dated 1931, sale in these rooms, 11 November 1980, lot 2652, £850, Dr Paul C. Martin; Christie's, 29 June, 1994, lot 238, £2,400; Zisska & Kistner, Auktion 24/I, 24-27 October 1994, lot 731, DM 10,100, Erwin Tomash

Tomash & Williams R93; Hoock & Jeannin R7.29; Smith, Rara arithmetica, pp.250-252; USTC 690004; VD16 R2415

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“This is Riese’s fourth, and last, arithmetic text. It is an expanded version of his earlier arithmetic books in both the number of examples and content” (Tomash & Williams). “Represents the culmination of Riese’s work, and is the best exponent of the practical arithmetic of the middle of the century in Germany” (Smith).