Item #48626 Apollonii Pergaei locorum planorum libri II. Restituti a Roberto Simson M.D. Apollonius of Perga.
Apollonii Pergaei locorum planorum libri II. Restituti a Roberto Simson M.D

Apollonii Pergaei locorum planorum libri II. Restituti a Roberto Simson M.D

Glasguae: in aedibus Academicius, excudebant Rob. et And. Foulis, 1749. First edition, 4to, pp. xviii, 233, [1]; errata (partly on a printed slip pasted in) on verso of final leaf; diagrams in the text throughout; one or two scuff marks but generally a near fine copy in contemporary full speckled calf, red morocco label on spine. Apollonius of Perga (ca. 262 - 190 B.C.) spent a long time in Alexandria studying with the successors of Euclid during the reign of Ptolomy Euergetes. Gaskell 125. Item #48626

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