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Paris, Impériale, 1863. 8vo. Half-title, title page decoration, some light foxing and browning, restoration on the inner corner and some small stains on the last leaves, front cover of the letterpress binding preserved with restorations, half-vellum binding with corners, red edges. Ownership signature on the cover of the binding. Includes a 36-page pamphlet by the author: Des Systéme de chiffres en usage chez différent peuples et l'origine de la valeur de position des chiffres indiens, Paris, Imprimerie de Bachelier. § Also included in the lot is a miscellany of writings dedicated to Franz Woepcke, 2vo bound in half-vellum with corners.
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This is the first, rare edition of Franz Woepcke's (1826–1864) pioneering study on the spread of Hindu-Arabic numerals and their origins. This work is one of the first modern analyses of the transmission of the decimal positional system using the digits 0 to 9 to the medieval world, illustrating how these developed from India and entered the European mathematical landscape via the Arab world. This contribution is considered a fundamental testimony for understanding the historical path of one of the most widely used numeral systems globally today.
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