Author
Diophantus, of Alexandria
Uniform title
Arithmetica. Latin & Greek
Title
Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum libri sex, ; et De numeris multangulis liber vnus. / Cum commentariis C.G. Bacheti V. C. & oberuationibus D. P. de Fermat senatoris Tolosani. Accessit Doctrinæ analyticæ inuentum nouum, collectum ex varijs eiusdem D. de Fermat epistolis..
Varying form of title
Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorvm libri sex
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De numeris multangulis liber unus
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Arithmeticorum libri sex
Imprint
Tolosæ, : excudebat Bernardus Bosc, è regione Collegij Societatis Iesu., M.DC.LXX. [1670]
Physical description
[12], 64, 336, 335-341, [1], 48, [2] p. ; fol.
Note
Edited by S. de Fermat.
Note
Includes (on p. 61, 3rd group; leaf H3) the first printed statement of P. de Fermat's celebrated "last theorem".
Note
Engraved title vignette (device?); head-pieces; initials.
Note
Signatures: [section sign]6 ã4 ẽ4 ĩ4 õ4 ũ2 ãã4 ẽẽ4 ĩĩ4 õõ2 A-Z4 Aa-Vv4 a-f4 chi1.
Note
"Doctrinæ analyticæ inuentum nouum. Collectum à R.P. Iacobo de Billy S. I. sacerdote ex varijs epistolis quas ad eum diuersis temporibus misit D. P. de Fermat Senator Tolosanus": pages 1-36, 2nd group (gatherings ã-ũ).
Note
"Claudij Gasparis Bacheti Sebusiani In Diophantum Porismatum liber primus[-tertius]": p. 37-64, 2nd group (gatherings ãã-õõ).
Note
"Claudii Gasparis Bacheti Sebusiani Appendicis ad librum De numeris polygonis.": pages 19-48, 4th group (leaves c2r-f4v)
Note
"Diophanti Alexandrini De multangulis numeris": pages [1]-18, 4th group (leaves a1r-c1v).
Note
With a final errata leaf (not present in all copies?).
Citation/references note
Smith, D.E. Rara arithmetica, p. 348
Citation/references note
Smith, D.E. Hist. of math., v. 1, p. 133-134
Citation/references note
De Morgan, A. Arithmetical books, p. 46-47
Citation/references note
CLC, D638
Language
Greek text of Diophantes and Latin translation by W. Xylander in parallel columns.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century mottled brown calf over paper boards; sewn on six supports; boards decocrated with blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with additional blind vertical fillets towards spine edge; spine with six raised bands; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Title page mutilated, with loss of imprint, and everything following "ex varijs eiusdem D. de Fermat Epistolis".
Copy-specific note
Wanting final errata leaf (Chi1).
Subject
Number theory Early works to 1800.
Subject
Geometry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Algebra Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Bachet, Claude-Gaspard, 1581-1638
Added entry--name
Fermat, Pierre de, 1601-1665
Added entry--name
Fermat, Samuel de editor.
Added entry--name
Xylander, Wilhelm, 1532-1576 translator.
Added entry--name
Billy, Jacques de, 1602-1679
Added entry--name
Bosc, Bernard, -1680 printer.
Added entry--uncontrolled related/analytical title
De multangulis numeris.
Added entry--place
France Toulouse.
B17161
UKSbSC
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