Saturday, March 17, 2012

Simon Jacob's Rechenbuch



This is the title page of the "New and Fully Revised" Rechenbuch of Simon Jacob (d. 1564), one of the best-known Rechenmeisters of the sixteenth century.  The book was first published in 1560, but this illustration is from the 1565 edition.  


Simon Jacob's Rechenbuch

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