Claudii Ptolemaei Opera Quae Exstant Omnia - Ptolemaei Opera Quae Exstant Omni

Published in 1898, Part 1 of Volume 1 contains Books 1-6 of Ptolemy's major astronomical treatise, the Almagest.

List of contents

Praefatio; Syntaxis mathematica, I-VI.

Summary

Published 1898–1907, this three-part collection, edited by the Danish philologist Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854–1928), contains the extant astronomical works in Greek of Ptolemy, active in second-century Alexandria. Volume 1 appeared in two parts. Part 1 (1898) contains Books 1-6 of Ptolemy's major astronomical treatise, the Almagest.

Product details

• Authors: Ptolemy
• Assisted by: Johan Ludvig Heiberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108063647
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06364-7
• No. of pages: 558
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics; Cambridge Library Collection - Classics; Claudii Ptolemaei opera quae exstant omnia 2 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Esoterics: general, reference works; HISTORY / General, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation