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Archimedes ta mechri nyn sozomena hapanta. Archimedis Syracusani philosophi ac geometrae excellentissimi opera, quae quidem extant, omnia, multis iam seculis desiderata, atque a quam paucissimis hactenus visa, nuncque primum et Graece et Latine in lucem edita ... Adiecta quoq; sunt Eutocii Ascalonitae in eosdem Archimedis libros commentaria, item Graece et Latine, nunquam antea excusa

Archimedes, Eutocius Ascalonius, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL · 1544 · Basileae : Joannes Heruagius excudi fecit · 404 pictures

This 1544 Basel edition of Archimedes' complete surviving works, in Greek and Latin with Eutocius' commentaries, was printed by Johannes Herwagen for scholars and mathematicians, and was once owned by John Adams. The four pictures are geometric diagrams of circles with inscribed polygons, chords, perpendiculars and labelled points, drawn in fine line on plain paper, offering a designer clean, precise construction-line motifs.

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