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Cusanus had written this dialogue in order to explain Toscanelli his thoughts and had also sent a copy to Regiomontanus's teacher Georg von Peuerbach.

10–12, original Dialogus de circuli quadratura from 1457), in which Nicolaus Cusanus lets his own persona explain his method of squaring the circle to Paulus, a physician from Florence, which can be identified as Cusanus’s friend Toscanelli (cf. An interesting feature is the following dialogue (p. 5–9, original De circuli quadratura from 1450). It begins with an epitome of Cusanus’s prose treatise on squaring the circle (p. The collection is divided in two major parts containing various texts: The first part consists of several texts by Cusanus including his treatise on squaring the circle and probably also one by Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli. Schöner then goes on to tell the history of research on the squaring of the circle starting with Anaxagoras and gives an overview of the content of the libellus. In a letter to Georg Tannstetter, Schöner describes how he found a small book ( libellus) in Regiomontanus’s library containing the latter’s refutation of Cusanus’s construction and decided to dedicate its publication to Tannstetter. This collection has a new title page with a Greek poem by Joachim Camerarius praising Regiomontanus and his teacher Peurbach. It was published after Regiomontanus’s death (1476) by Johannes Schöner as an appendix to De triangulis omnimodis in 1533. Letter, Dialogue, Other (see description)Īs the Greek description by Regiomontanus indicates, this is a diverse (ποικίλα) collection of refutations of Nicolaus Cusanus’s (incorrect) method of squaring the circle. Ioannis de Regiomonte Germani, nationis Franciae, mathematicarum disciplinarum principis, De quadratura circuli dialogus et rationes diversae seperatim aliquot libellis exquisitae ad ea de re Cardinalis Cusani tradita et inventa, quibus auctor haec praescripsit verba Graeca, quae, ne quid illius subtrahemus studiosis, subici curavimus: ἐπιχειρήματα ποικίλα πρὸς τοὺς τοῦ κύκλου τετραγωνισμοὺς Νικόλεω τοὺ Κουσαίου ἐκδεδομένους Visit our website for additional images and information.Regiomontanus, Johannes, Nikolaus, von Kues, Kardinal Gaurico seems to have used this editions and possibly one manuscript for this the second printing of the text (see Clagett op. The work attributed to Campanus on the quadrature of the circle is an elementary treatise and was first printed in 1495 with Bradwardine's Geometria speculativa (GW 5002). The texts were printed from a manuscript now in Madrid (Biblioteca nacional 9119) (see Clagett, Archimedes in the Middle Ages, 2, i/ii, 1976, and in particular 3, ii, chap. It includes one of the earliest theoretical calculations on the quadrature of the circle, using Archimedes' early form of integration, and one of the earliest calculations of Pi. Tetragonismus contains both De Mensura Circuli and De Quadratura Parabolae, based on the 13th-century translation by William Moerbeke, together with similar works by Campanus and Boethius. WHICH OPENED THE ARCHIMEDEAN REVIVAL OF THE 16TH CENTURY' (Bibliotheca Mechanica). RARE FIRST EDITION AND THE FIRST PRINTING OF ANY TEXT OF ARCHIMEDES.

Īdams C-470 Roberts-Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, pp.314-315 Riccardi I, 40 Sander 1574 Essling 1388 Honeyman 130 Stillwell, Awakening of Science II, 141 PMM 72 note. Upper margin generally trimmed close affecting some headlines with minor loss, title narrow margined at gutter, final leaf frayed at fore margin. Internally partly brown- and dampstained, light spotting, few leaves with small marginal defects, restored wormhole to upper margin of first gatherings (few letters of title supplied by hand).

20th century half vellum over marbled boards, new endpapers, spine lettered in manuscript, edges with original blue-dyeing. Large woodcut on title of Archimedes standing in the centre of the world, Sessa's cat and mouse device beneath, another device at end, fine woodcut initials and woodcut diagrams in text. Tetragonismus id est circuli quadratura per Campanum Archimedem Syracusanum atque Boetium mathematicae perspicacissimos adinuenta.