Hipparchus of Bithynia. Of the Phenomena of Aratus and Eudoxus.

Made:
1974
author:
Hipparchus

Hipparchus of Bithynia. Of the Phenomena of Aratus and Eudoxus. The 3rd Exposition out of Book 3 in 3 Expositions / translated and annotated by Hendrik Bruynes (1974) from the Greek edition of this astronomical work published in Florence (1567). [38p. bound, xerox copy of ts./ms. original]

Details

Category:
Archive
Object Number:
1993-402
Measurements:
: 300 x 215 mm
type:
xerox volume
credit:
Bruynes, H.

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