Apollonius <Pergaeus> - Apollonii Pergaei Conicorvm Lib. V. VI. VII. paraphraste Abalphato Asphahanensi : nunc primum editi ; additvs in calce Archimedis assvmptorvm liber, ex codibvs arabicis mss Abrahamus Ecchellensis Maronita latinos reddidit, Jo. Alfonsvs Borellvs curam in geometricis versione contulit & [et] notas vberiores in vniuersum opus adiecit

APOLLONIVS Pergæus vetuſtiſſimus,
ac magni nominis Græcus auctor otto de
Sectionibus Conicis conſcripſit libros.
Horum priores quatuor hactenus omnium
teruntur manibus; poſteriores verò, ne-
ſcio quo fato, & rerum viciſſitudine ſunt
amiſſi, ac non ſine magno literatorum
animi mcerore iamdudum deplorati, &
nuſquam perdiligenter non quæſiti ab ijs præſertim, qui Geo-
metriæ, & Matheſeos operam nauant ſtudijs, ſed fuſtra diu.
Tandem deprehenſum eſt, hos, quemadmodum, & reliquam
penè Grecæ ſapientiæ ſupellectilem ad Arabum migraſſe ſcho-
las, ibique Arabicè conuerſos, & Arabicis indutos ornamen-
tis, in illius gentis tamquam extorres, & inquilinos latitaſſe
Bibliothecis. Quamobrem eorum miſerti vicem Sereniſſimi

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