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Archimēdous tou Syrakousiou, Ta mechri nyn sōzomena, hapanta  

= :Archimedis Syracusani philosophi ac geometrae excellentissimi opera, quae quidem extant, omnia, multis iam seculis desiderata, atq[ue] à quàm paucissimis hactenus uisa, nuncq́[ue] primùm & Graecè & Latinè in lucem edita. Quorum catalogum uersa pagina reperies. Adiecta quoq[ue] sunt Eutocii Ascalonitae In eosdem Archimedis libros commentaria, item Graecè & Latinè, nunquam antea excusa.  

 

 

 

 

 

Basileae [i.e. Basel] 

Ioannes Heruagius excudi fecit 

1544 

 

 

[8], 139, [9], 163, [5], 65, [3], 68, [4] p. 

 

diags. 

31cm. 

 

Merrifield Collection 

C648 

First part of title in Greek characters, transliterated. - Colophon: Basileae, per Ioannem Heruagium, anno ab orbe redempto, M.D.XLIIII. mense Martio. - Editio princeps, edited by Thomas Venatorius (originally Thomas Gechauff); Latin version by Jacobus Cremonensis, as corrected by Joannes Regiomontanus. - Eutocius's Commentaries have separate dated t.p - The Latin version of Archimedes (which follows the Greek original) also has special t.p.: "Archimedis Syracusani philosophi ac geometrae excellentissimi Opera ...". - Printer's device on verso of final leaf. - Woodcut initials. - Folio. 

Text in Greek and Latin 

 

Imperfect: Merrifield copy has Greek text and Eutocius's Commentaries, i.e. pagination is [8],139,[5],65,1]p., but lacks Cremonensis' Latin translation. - Bound with: Santbech, Daniel, Problematum astronomicorum et geometricorum sectiones septem ..., Basileae: Henrichum Petri, 1561. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Eutocii Ascalonitae in Archimedis libros de sphaera et cylindro



 

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