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Mathematical Treasure: Collected Works of Oronce Fine

Author(s): 
Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University)

Oronce Fine’s (1494-1555) collected works were published in Italian in 1587 as Opere Di Orontio Fineo. The editor was Cosimo Bartoli (1503-1572), an Italian mathematician, humanist, and member of the Academy of Science in Florence. The title page below comes from a later edition published in 1670.

Title page of Operi Di Orontio Fineo, edited by Cosmio Bartoli, 1670         

The image above is presented courtesy of the University of Oklahoma Library.

Index to Mathematical Treasures

Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasure: Collected Works of Oronce Fine," Convergence (September 2018)