Archimēdous tou Syrakousiou, Ta mechri nun sōzomena, hapanta = Archimedis Syracvsani philosophi ac geometrae excellentissimi opera, quæ quidem extant, omnia, multis iam seculis desiderata, atq[ue] à quàm paucissimis hactenus uisa, nuncq́[ue] primùm & Græcè & Latinè in lucem edita : quorum catalogum uersa pagina reperies : adiecta quoq[ue] sunt Evtocii Ascalonitae in eosdem Archimedis libros commentaria, item Graecè & Latinè, nunquam antea excusa

Archimedes author · 1544 · Basileae Ioannes Heruagius excudi fecit · 8 pictures

This is a 1544 Greek and Latin edition of Archimedes' complete surviving works with Eutocius's commentaries, printed in Basel by Johannes Herwagen for scholars and mathematicians. The pages carry dense Greek and Latin text beside geometric diagrams of circles, tangent lines, and labelled letter points, and a designer could draw on their precise line-drawn construction figures and classical typography for scientific or historical layouts.

Mathematics, Greek · Mathematics, Greek -- Early works to 1800

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