Lot 69
ARCHIMEDES (287?-212 B.C.), APOLLONIUS PERGAEUS (fl. 225 B. C.), and THEODOSIUS.  Archimedis Opera --Apollonii Pergaei Conicorum libri IIII --Theodosii Sphaerica. London: William Godbid for Robert Scott, 1675.
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021 4:00AM CT
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Nov 10, 2021 4:00AM CT
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Estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

Sold for $1,750

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Lot Description
ARCHIMEDES (287?-212 B.C.), APOLLONIUS PERGAEUS (fl. 225 B. C.), and THEODOSIUS.  Archimedis Opera --Apollonii Pergaei Conicorum libri IIII --Theodosii Sphaerica: methodo nova Illustrata, & Succinctae Demonstrata. London: William Godbid for Robert Scott, 1675. 

3 works in one volume, 4to (202 x 151 mm). 29 folding engraved plates. (Without the leaf with glossary of mathematical symbols inserted before A3, often lacking; some browning or offsetting, a few short tears to folds of plates).  Contemporary mottled calf (neatly rebacked preserving old lettering-piece). Provenance: unidentified bookplate verso of title-page partially removed.

FIRST EDITION of Barrow's translation of the known works of Archimedes, the first four books of the Conics of Apollonius, and the Spherics of Theodosius. Includes Barrow's Lectiones opticae, which were revised and corrected by Newton: "these lectures, in Latin, form [Barrow's] most important book, in which some of his remarkable optical discoveries are published for the first time and which undoubtedly influenced Newton" (Babson 249). ESTC R6704.

Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum
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