1. Add MS 60590
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 60590
- Title:
- 'ARITMETICA MERCANTILE' OR 'ABACO': treatise in Italian, probably written at Venice, containing the text of problems in a calligraphic hand, with solutions written in by a pupil; circa 1500. For manuals of practical commercial arithmetic, see A. Fanfani, Preparazione all' attività economica nei secoli xiv-xv in Italia (1952), and D. E. Smith, Rara Arithmetica, 4th edition (New York, 1970). Purchased of Jörg Schäfer, of Zurich, 6 July 1979. Paper; ff. 112. 170 x 125mm. Contemporary binding ...
- Scope & Content:
- Bindings ITALIAN: Limp unbacked leather with chequered pattern of blind fillets: circa 1500. Mathematics: `Aritmetica mercantile' or `Abaco': circa 1500: Ital.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Italian
- Date Range:
- c 1500
- Extent:
- 1 item