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About this Item

Title

  • Aritmetica.

Summary

  • Calandri's Arithmetica is the first Italian arithmetic book to contain illustrations that illuminate mathematical problems, as well as being the first work to discuss long division. The illustrations depicting the hand counting technique are cleverly designed and convey motion. The remainder of the woodcuts in this volume illustrate the practical application of mathematical problems, especially those of use to builders, merchants, and farmers.

Names

  • Calandri, Filippo, active 15th century.
  • Morgiani, Lorenzo de', active 1490-1500, printer.
  • Petri, Johannes, 1441-1511, printer.
  • Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Florence, Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, 1 Jan. 1491/92.

Headings

  • -  Arithmetic--Early works to 1900
  • -  Italy--Florence

Genre

  • Incunabula--Italy--Florence--1492

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 266
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-34
  • -  Reichling, D. Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium bibliographicum, 4234
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, VI, p. 681 (IA.27782)
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke 5884 (variation)
  • -  LC copy: most signatures cropped. Provenance: C.W. Dyson Perrins (bookplate).

Medium

  • [104] leaves. woodcuts: illus., diagrs., borders. 13.7 cm. (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1492 .C3 QA33

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48031290

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Calandri, Filippo, Active 15Th Century, Lorenzo De' Morgiani, Johannes Petri, Charles William Dyson Perrins, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Aritmetica. Florence, Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, 1 Jan. /92, 1492. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48031290/.

APA citation style:

Calandri, F., Morgiani, L. D., Petri, J., Perrins, C. W. D. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1492) Aritmetica. Florence, Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, 1 Jan. /92. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48031290/.

MLA citation style:

Calandri, Filippo, Active 15Th Century, et al. Aritmetica. Florence, Lorenzo Morgiani and Johannes Petri, 1 Jan. /92, 1492. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48031290/>.