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Elementa geometriae planae ac solidae

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Tacquet, André (1612 Antwerp - 1660 Antwerp)."Elementa geometriae planae ac solidae, Quibus accedunt selecta ex Archimede theoremata. Trigonometria plana ejusdem auctoris, & sphaerica aliunde desumpta". Padua: J. Manfre, 1738. 8vo. (16), 364...

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Tacquet, André

Manfre

Padua

1738

Tacquet, André (1612 Antwerp - 1660 Antwerp)."Elementa geometriae planae ac solidae, Quibus accedunt selecta ex Archimede theoremata. Trigonometria plana ejusdem auctoris, & sphaerica aliunde desumpta". Padua: J. Manfre, 1738. 8vo. (16), 364 pp., engraved frontispice and 17 folded engraved plates. Orig. leather binding from the time with title label on the spine.

André Tacquet (Latinized name Andrea Tacquet) was a brabantian mathematician and Jesuit Priest. Tacquet adhered to the methods of the geometry of Euclid and the philosophy of Aristotle and opposed the method of Indivisibles. - Spine at the top slightly rubbed. Frontispiece, title page, three or four next leaves and folded plates slightly yellowed. Ms. ex libris on title.


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