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STIFEL, MICHAEL. Arithmetica integra . . . cum praefatione Philippi Melanchthonis. Woodcut text diagrams. [5] (of [6]), 319, [3] leaves; lacks leaf after title with preface by Melanchthon. 4to, 192x151 mm, 17th-century vellum boards, somewhat soiled and discolored, with spine title and geometrical diagrams on rear cover in ink; marginal dampstaining and soiling through much of volume, partly scored contemporary purchase inscription on title and underscoring and marginalia in text, mainly in first half of volume, front endpapers lacking; red edges. Ownership inscription of William Buell Sprague (1795-1876) dated 1866 on slip mounted on front pastedown; early signature of Joannes Tilaeus Vorstius on last page. Nuremberg: Johan. Petreius, 1544
first edition. "Stifel was Germany's foremost algebraist of the sixteenth century. His Arithmetica integra contained all that was then known about arithmetic and algebra, supplemented by important original contributions that prepared the way for further progress in these fields. Stifel stressed the necessity of simplifying algebra by establishing generally valid laws . . . and he was the first to present a general method for solving equations . . . He introduced into western mathematics a general method for computing roots using binomial coefficients, made important contributions to the preliminary stages of logarithmic computation, and aided in the development of modern algebraic symbolism "--Norman 2019. DSB XIII, 58-62.
