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[N.-L. De la Caille]. Τῶν Κωνικῶν Τομῶν Ἀναλυτικὴ Πραγματεία... μεθηρμηνεύθη... παρὰ Σπυρίδωνος Ἀσάνους... εἰς τὴν ἁπλοελληνικήν. Ἐκ δὲ ταύτης εἰς τὴν Ἑλληνίδα ἐπιδιορθωθεῖσα παρὰ Κωνσταντίνου Μιχαὴλ..., Vienna, F.A. Shraimbl, 1803.
First edition of the Greek translation of the work by De la Caille, Traité des Sections Coniques, which, in turn, is a translation from the Latin original (Tractatus Analyticus...), edited by Konstantinos M. Koumas. Nicolas Louis de Caille (1713-1762) was a French astronomer who, according to Lalaude was more advanced in observations and calculations than all of the astronomers of his era.
Format: αντ. 1: 18,5, αντ. 2: 20 cm.
Page description: pp. XVI+2 unn.+159+1 unn.+5 folding Tables (Α´-Ε´) with mathematical schemata
References: Iliou, 19th c. I, 1803.79
Entity: Neo-Hellenic Enlightenment
Item Type: Book