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CARDANO, Girolamo. Practica arithmetice, & mensurandi singularis, [colophon: Milan: Io. Antonius Catsellioneus (Juan Antonio de Castellono) for Bernardinus Calculus, 1539]. 8° (160 x 105mm.). Large woodcut portrait of Cardano on title, woodcut initials and diagrams. (Title lightly soiled, half of final text leaf torn away, last few leaves with small punch holes and margins frayed, a few light spots). Contemporary vellum. (Lower part of spine damaged). Provenance : ownership inscriptions on title scored, 14-page manuscript dissertation on Cardano in Italian bound in at end; Keele University Library, Turner bequest. FIRST EDITION. Adams C690; Norman 399; BM STC Italian p. 149; Dawson 1180; Smith p. 193-4. Although Cardano published over 200 works in various fields, his greatest contribution was in mathematics. Devoted to numerical calculation, the Practica arithmetice was written for the use of scientists and therefore treats the wide variety of subjects from a theoretical standpoint.