VOSSIUS GERARD JOANNES De quatuor artibus popularibus

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VOSSIUS, GERARD JOANNES. De quatuor artibus popularibus, de philologia, et scientiis mathematicis.<> [16], 94, [14]; [16], 83, [13]; [16], 467, [34] pages. 4to, contemporary calf with modern morocco lettering piece, top of spine chipped, recased, endpapers renewed. Amsterdam: Joannes Blaeu, 1660

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First published in 1650; the third part is one of the earliest extensive histories of mathematics as it was then understood, with chapters on mechanics, astrology, optics, and music, and a chronology of mathematicians and their discoveries.<