CLAVIUS, Christoph. Epitome arithmeticae practica. 1583.
CLAVIUS, Christoph.
Epitome arithmeticae practica.
Roma, Dominici Basae, 1583.
Un volume petit in-8 (157x101 mm), 219-(13) pages. reliure : Plein vélin rigide du dix-neuvième siècle, dos lisse portant la pièce de titre. Petites restaurations en marge extérieure de la page 41 et en bas du dernier feuillet.
Edition originale.
Christopher Clavius était un mathématicien et astronome allemand.
Il est principalement connu pour avoir établi les bases du nouveau calendrier Grégorien.
Son arithmétique pratique est connu pour avoir influencé René Descartes et Gottfried Leibniz.
références: Honeyman [II, 710], Smith [p.375-378 : "This work is an attempt at a practical arithmetic. It is conservative in treatment, the applications being confined, as was the custom, largely to the rule of three ... it was influential in the classical schools"]
The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing [ C95 (ed. 1613. ) : "This arithmetic deals with the standard operations and applications and is described by Smith (Rara) as being a model of good arrangement … conservative in treatment….applications confined to the rule of three. It was first issued in Latin in 1583"].
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