Sale: 531 / Rare Books, Nov. 28. 2022 in Hamburg Lot 129

 

129
Niccolò Tartaglia
Quesiti, et inventioni diverse, 1546.
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,296
Sold:
€ 1,375 / $ 1,485

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Niccolo Tartaglia
Quesiti, et inventioni diverse. Venedig, Venturino Ruffinelli 1546.

Erste Ausgabe. Enthält Tartaglias wichtigste mathematische Entdeckung, eine Regel zur Lösung kubischer Gleichungen.

"This work is arranged as a series of questions and answers, many of them with Richard Wentworth, Tartaglia’s English pupil. This work is often considered to be Tartaglia’s most important contribution to mathematics because in the last section he describes his solution for finding the roots of a cubic equation. While being famous for this single description, the work also contains a number of other notable features" (Tomash & Williams).

EINBAND: Zeitgenössischer flexibler Pergamentband mit hs. Rückentitel. 4to. 21,5 : 15,5 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit Holzschnitt-Porträt des Verfassers auf dem Titel und einigen tls. figürlichen Textholzschnitten. - KOLLATION: 6 nn. Bl., 123 Bll. (st. 128; num. Bl. 5-132). - ZUSTAND: Fehlen insgesamt 5 Bll.: K1, K4, L1, P1, P4. Ferner ohne die meist fehlende Falttafel. - Etw. fleckig und wasserrandig (vereinz. deutlicher), tls. mit kl. Randläsuren, Titel unten mit breitem ergänzten Eckabriß (etw. Textverlust), folgende 4 Bll. mit ergänztem Fußsteg. Vorsätze erneuert.

LITERATUR: Tomash & Williams T10. - Adams T 183. - Norman 202. - DSB XIII, 62f. - Cockle 660.

First edition. With woodcut portrait of the author on title and some woodcuts in text. Contemp. flex. vellum with ms. title on spine. - Lacking 5 leaves: K1, K4, L1, P1 and P4, further without the mostly lacking folding plate. - Some soiling and waterstaining (here and there stronger), partly with small marginal defects, title with large defective spot at lower margin (mended, some loss of text), following 4 leaves remargined at bottom of page, endpapers renewed.(R)




129
Niccolò Tartaglia
Quesiti, et inventioni diverse, 1546.
Estimate:
€ 1,200 / $ 1,296
Sold:
€ 1,375 / $ 1,485

(incl. surcharge)