Basel: Eusebius Episcopius & Heirs of Nikolaus Episcopius, 1575. First edition of Diophantus — the first printing of the Arithmetica in any language in any form — owned, annotated, and signed by Giovanni Camillo Gloriosi (1572–1643), Galileo’s successor in the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua, and subsequently..... More
Item #6346

Toulouse: Bernard Bosc, 1670. First edition, large-paper issue, with the engraved portrait of Pierre de Fermat by François Poilly on the leaf facing the title — rarely found in copies of this edition — and with the editor’s presentation inscription on the title page. The portrait, a fine oval bust..... More
Item #6238