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Kl. Ptolemaiou Megalēs syntaxeōs bibl. 13. Theōnos Alexandreōs Eis ta auta hypomnēmatōn bibl. 11. = Claudii Ptolemaei Magnae constructionis, id est Perfectae coelestium motuum pertractationis, lib. XIII. Theonis Alexandrini in eosdem Commentariorum lib. XI

Ptolemy, active 2nd century · 1538 · Basileae : Apud Ioannem VValderum · 22 pictures

A 1538 Basel edition in Greek and Latin of Ptolemy's Almagest with Theon of Alexandria's commentaries, printed by Johannes Walder for scholars of astronomy and mathematics. Its pictures are plain geometric diagrams of circles, radii, tangents and labelled Greek letters, offering a designer clean, precise linework and a model for schematic, annotated figures.

Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Almagest -- Commentaries · Astronomy · Mathematics, Greek · Imprint 1538

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