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Sale 607: Rare Books & Manuscript (Sunday at 8:00 am, Oakland, CA) (#607) 02/12/2017 8:00 AM PST Closed

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Lot #103Theoretic Arithmetic, in three books; containing the substance of all that has been written on this subject by Theo of Smyrna, Nicomachus, Iamblichus, and Boetius, together with some remarkable particulars respecting perfect, amicable, and other numbers, which are not to be found in the writings of any ancient or modern mathematicians. Likewise, a specimen of the manner in which the Pythagoreans philosophized about numbers, and a development of their mystical and theological arithmetic

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$500
Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Sale 607: Rare Books & Manuscript (Sunday at 8:00 am, Oakland, CA) (#607) 02/12/2017 8:00 AM PST Closed

Starts Ending 02/12/2017 8:00 AM PST

Auction Info
  • Theoretic Arithmetic, in three books; containing the substance of all that has been written on this subject by Theo of Smyrna, Nicomachus, Iamblichus, and Boetius, together with some remarkable particulars respecting perfect, amicable, and other numbers,
  • Theoretic Arithmetic, in three books; containing the substance of all that has been written on this subject by Theo of Smyrna, Nicomachus, Iamblichus, and Boetius, together with some remarkable particulars respecting perfect, amicable, and other numbers, - 2