Le quistioni aritmetiche di Diofanto generalmente risolute

Name:

Diophantus, of Alexandria; Billy, Jacques de, 1602-1679

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1700

Description:

Mathematical work with numbered problems and corollaries and numerous equations arranged in 7 sections (Preliminari, Libri I-VI), including solutions and commentary from Diophantus geometra promotus (Paris, 1660) by Jacques de Billy, a French Jesuit and mathematician. A table of contents of the problems and corollaries of each book, titled Sommari de' problemi al Diofanto, follows the work (f. 218v-239r).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Prince Baldassare Boncompagni of Rome (no. 225, label on cover).; Sold by Perrella, 1904; originally held in the Krauth Library of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania; later transferred to the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania.; Boncompagni, Baldassarre, 1821-1894, former owner.

Subject:

Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics; Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Geometry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

240 leaves : paper; 290 x 204 mm bound to 298 x 217 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 3r).; Foliation: Paper, 240; [1-240]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary parchment.; Origin: Written in Italy in the 18th century.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 408