{"product_id":"detaple-boethius-epitome-arithmeticos-first-edition-estienne-1503-123391","title":"Epitome compendiosaq(ue) introductio in libros Arithmeticos diui Seuerini Boetij:","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"srb-faux-head\"\u003ean important humanist edition\u003c\/h4\u003eThe first edition of philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples's condensed version of Boethius's \u003cem\u003eOn Arithmetic\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the earliest books from the press of the Henri Estienne the Elder (1460-1520). This is also the first edition to include the commentary of theologian Josse van Clichtove. Rare, with only three other copies appearing in auction records over the last thirty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoethius's \u003cem\u003eDe Arithmetica\u003c\/em\u003e was essentially a translation of the theoretical and philosophical \u003cem\u003eIntroduction to Arithmetic\u003c\/em\u003e written by the Greek philosopher Nicomachus around AD 100. 'Boethius's Latin version was destined to exert a great influence on subsequent encyclopedic authors of the sixth and seventh centuries and throughout the Middle Ages up to the sixteenth century. From the sixth to the twelfth century, when Greek geometry had almost vanished and science was at its lowest ebb, Boethius's Arithmetic, for all its faults, preserved the ideal of a theoretical science' (Grant, \u003cem\u003eA Sourcebook in Medieval Science\u003c\/em\u003e, p. 17).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe editor of this version, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1450-1536), was a French theologian and Church reformer who 'became famous for the many introductions, commentaries, and editions relating to philosophical works he published in Paris' (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). This epitome and commentary on Boethius was very popular with faculty at the University of Paris, where he taught.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso published here are: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePraxis numerandi\u003c\/em\u003e, the commentary of Flemish theologian (and antagonist of Martin Luther) Josse van Clichtove (1472\/73-1543), who had been a student of d'Étaples and who presents an elaborate theory of ratios and figurate numbers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles de Bouvelles' (1475-1566) \u003cem\u003eIntroductio in Geometriam\u003c\/em\u003e, the first geometrical work published by a French mathematician, which includes a discourse on the quadrature of the circle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd d'Étaples' own \u003cem\u003eAstronomicon\u003c\/em\u003e, in which he drew a distinction between the astrology of 'false seers' and that of astronomers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Estienne edition; 8vo, A-O8; woodcut diagrams within the text, contemporary manuscript notes ot the title, title and a number of leaves repaired in the gutter with paper fills, occasionally touching the edge of the text, title a little tanned and marked, occasional marks and spots to the contents; recently rebound to style in calf with new endpapers, tan morocco label to spine; very good condition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BOETHIUS; D'ÉTAPLE, Lefèvre; BOVELLES, J. \u0026 C.; CLICHTOVE, J.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57519726231927,"sku":"123391","price":10096.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4694\/1233\/files\/123391_01.jpg?v=1791383955","url":"https:\/\/shapero.com\/en-us\/products\/detaple-boethius-epitome-arithmeticos-first-edition-estienne-1503-123391","provider":"Shapero Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}