Lexicon mathematicum. Hoc est rerum omnium ad universam plane Mathesim quoquo modo, directe, vel indirecte spectantium, collecto, et explicato. Rom, Vannaccii 1690. Kl.4°. Mit gest. Tit., gest. Initiale u. zahlr. Textkupfern (1 ganzs.). 33 Bl., 556 (statt 1070, von A-Oxygonium) S. Prgt. d. Zt. (Gebr., tls. angestaubt u. etw. wellig, bestoßen).

BM STC 17th Century French Books, V526. Riccardi, II, 606-7. Poggendorff II,1211. Sotheran I. 5109 (Rome, 1690). Houzeau-L. 9326: "Le dictionnaire continent beaucoup d'astrologie." Graesse VI, p. 375. Thorndike, VIII, pp. 329-30. See Smith, History of Mathematics, II p. 393. - Zweite Ausgabe (EA Paris 1668 in 8°), erste in 4°. - One of the earliest scientific dictionaries; it is according to Libri, particularly important for "containing much information respecting the history of mathematics." The defined terms are wide-ranging and also include those in the disciplines of navigation, astronomy (telescopes, eclipses, celestial mechanics), optics and geology (the structure of the earth). Vitali (1624- 98) was a monk in the Theatine Order and the author of other scientific works. Smith mentions the role of Vitalis in an early controversy over the use of the name "algebra" in Western mathematics. - Es fehlen die S. 557-1070. Durchgeh. etw. gebr., tls. stockfleckig, Bindung tls. gelockert. Hs. Besitzverm. a. dem gest. Tit.

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