The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms

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1 34 Catalogue.
Libra Prima. Delt vsa delle Virgole numeratrici in genere. '' F4*, blank. F5'-
K4\ pp. 97-159, "Delia Raddologia Libra Secondo. Deltvso delle Virgale numeratrici
nelle cose Geametriche, &" Mecaniche, con taiuto di alcune Tauole." K4^, blank.
Ks>-N3^ pp. 161-210, " Prontvario Ispeditissimo Delia Molteflicatione," the "Proemio"
occupying the first 2 pages. N4^-Q8^, pp. 211-269, " Arimmetica Locale,
Che nel Piano dello Scacchiere si esercita. ", the " Prefatione " occupying the first 2
pages. On QS'', " II Fine di tutta T Opera. In Verona, Appresso Angela Tamo.
1623. Con licenza de' Superiori."
Signatures.
+ and A to Q in eights=l36 leaves-t-7 diagrams interleaved and included
in paging= 143 leaves.
Paging. 1 6 -)- 269 numbered -t- 1 = 286 pages.
There are 7 diagrams on interleaved and folded sheets, each of which counts as
two pages ; the sides containing the diagrams are numbered as pafges 25, 36, 49, 63,
169, 179, and 233.
Errors in Paging. P; 75 not numbered, and pp. 251, 266, and 267 numbered in
error 152, 264, and 165.
New Dedication and Complimentary Verses are substituted for those
in the edition of 161 7, and there are numerous notes throughout the
work by the Translator, as well as additions and alterations. One of
these may be mentioned. At the end of the work Napier adds these
words, " Atque hie finem ArithmeticjE Locali imponimus. DEO
soli laus omnis & honor tribuatur. FINIS.", but his Italian translator
makes the champion of Protestantism say, " Con che a questa nostra
ARIMMETICA LOCALE poniamo fine, a DIO, & alia Beatissima
Vergine MARIA tutta la gloria, & I'honore attribuendo. Amen."
Of the four folding diagrams in the edition of 1617, the two facing
pages, loi and 130, are represented by the diagrams at pages 179 and
233, but the other two are not given in this edition.
Libraries. Un. Ed.; Brit. Mus. Lon. ; Un. Col. Lon. ; Trin. Col. Camb.
Nat Paris
3. Edition in Dutch,
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