Author: Clavius, Christopher (1538-1612)
Title: EPITOME ARITHMETICAE PRACTICAE nunc quinto ab ipso auctore anno 1606 recognita & multis in locis locupletata.
Description: Moguntiae (Mainz), publ. Bernard Walther, printed by Joannes Volmari. 1614 Printers mark on title page, graphs & formulae in text. . Duodecimo (155x95mm), contemporary laced vellum covers (lacks fastening straps), spine & front cover with faded MS title & author's name, ownership note on pastedown from library of Augustinian Canons of Herzogenburg (Austria), dated December 1, 1617 with initials of monk who bought it, 340pp +[11]pp index, collated complete. Titlepage & next few pages stained, small marginal worm holes pp69-115, lightly browned with some water stains throughout. *Epitome of practical arithmetic, reviewed & supplemented in 1606 by author himself. First published Rome 1583, last printed London 1631. Clavius was an early proponent of the Gregorian Calendar, and one of most respected astronomers & mathmeticians in Europe.

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