The Exam-Schedule of the Noble Students at the Marosvásárhely University for the Years 1847-1848
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Lot 76 | The Exam-Schedule of the Noble Students at the Marosvásárhely University for the Years 1847-1848
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$ 500 – 800
The examination schedules for the academic year 1847-48 of the Marosvásárhely University in Hungary. First edition. Farkas Bolyai, mathematician and precursor of non-Euclidean geometry, author of the two volume Tentamen (1832-33) that includes his son Janos’s memorable Appendix, was also the author of the book Elements of Arithmetic (1830), that was the topic of the exam scheduled in this booklet (pp 4-5). Beside mathematics Bolyai was also devoted to literature. He was the first Hungarian translator of the works by Alexander Pope, John Milton, James Thomson and Friedrich Schiller, and also a prolific author of dramas and poems.
Octavo (175 x 113 mm). 24 pp. Emblem device on title (some spotting, corners curling just a little). Original wrappers, blue paper backstrip as issued.
Artist: | Farkas Bolyai (1775 - 1856) |
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Place of origin: | Eastern Europe |
Auction house category: | Medicine & science, Printed books |
Artist: | Farkas Bolyai (1775 - 1856) |
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Place of origin: | Eastern Europe |
Auction house category: | Medicine & science, Printed books |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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