Bronchorst, De numeris libri duo, Paris, 1539, modern vellum

BRONCHORST, JAN

De numeris libri duo. Paris: Christian Wechel, 1539

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (156 x 100mm.), device on title and last leaf, woodcuts in text of finger reckoning, the line abacus etc., a few marginal annotations, modern vellum boards

The author (also known as Joannes Noviomagus) was born in Nijmegen and educated by the Brothers of the Common Life. He was successively professor of philosophy at the Collegium Montanum in Cologne, professor of mathematics at the university of Rostock, and headmaster of the Latin School in Deventer. The present work is dedicated to Professor Andreas Eggerdes of the University of Rostock (29 August 1539) and may have earned Bronchorst his professorship.

LITERATURE:

BP16 109199; FB 59243; Hoogendoorn p.165 Bronck04; Smith, Rara arit.mes tica, p.195; Tomash & Williams N48; USTC 147593

PROVENANCE:

Robert B. Honeyman (1897-1987), sale in these rooms, 10 November 1980, lot 2351, £170; Erwin Tomash, booklabel