Apollonius <Pergaeus>, Apollonii Pergaei Conicorvm Lib. V. VI. VII. paraphraste Abalphato Asphahanensi : nunc primum editi ; additvs in calce Archimedis assvmptorvm liber, ex codibvs arabicis mss Abrahamus Ecchellensis Maronita latinos reddidit, Jo. Alfonsvs Borellvs curam in geometricis versione contulit & [et] notas vberiores in vniuersum opus adiecit

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          <head xml:id="echoid-head31" xml:space="preserve">PRÆFATIO AD LECTOREM.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s518" xml:space="preserve">ACCIPE tandem, ſtudioſe Lector, in ſolemni hac pompa
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            nuptiarum Sereniſsimi Principis Etruriæ Regio ſplendore
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            à Sereniſsimo Magno Duce parata tamdiu deploratos,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s519" xml:space="preserve">expetitos libros poſtremos Conicorum Apollonij Per-
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            gæi, vtque ſine mora mens tua epulis hiſce lautiſsimis
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            ſaturari poſsit, non te demorari diutine patiar in limine, recenſendo ſci-
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            licet nomen Apollonij, patriam, ætatem, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s520" xml:space="preserve">opera ab eo conſcripta, ne-
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            que inſuper doctrinæ conicæ ortum, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s521" xml:space="preserve">progreſſum à primis incunabulis
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            ad virilem vſque, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s522" xml:space="preserve">vegetam ætatem, ad quàm Apollonius eam
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            euexit, propter quod facimus magnus Geometra cognominatus eſt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s523" xml:space="preserve">hæc
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            enim trita iam ſunt, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s524" xml:space="preserve">vulgaria: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s525" xml:space="preserve">breuiter tantummodo percurram,
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            quæ ad notitiam horum librorum facere videntur.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s527" xml:space="preserve">Illius pretioſiſsimæ bibliothecæ orientalis, quàm Sereniſsimo Ferdinan-
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            do Primo gratitudinis ergo reliquerat lgnatius Neama Patriarcha Anti-
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            ochenſis libellum nitidiſsimè Arabicè ſcriptum mihi oſtenderat Sereniſ-
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            ſimus Princeps Leopoldus Muſarum decus, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s528" xml:space="preserve">gloria, noſtrique ſæculi
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            lumen eruditum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s529" xml:space="preserve">Codici inſcripſerat Raimundus, ſiue quis alius: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s530" xml:space="preserve">Otto libri
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            de Conici d'Apollonio del Patriarca. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s531" xml:space="preserve">Summa lætitia libellum exoſcu-
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            latus, licet Arabici idiomatis ſim prorſus ignarus, non potui me conti-
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            nere, quin ſaltem contrectarem, atque reuoluerem paginas illas; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s532" xml:space="preserve">cumque
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            præter figuras mihi ſatis notas quatuor priorum Apollonij librorum vidiſ-
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            ſem alias conicas figuras, in quibus ab vno puncto in eis collocato edu-
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            ctæ erant plurimæ rectæ lineæ ad coniſectionem, illico in mentem venere
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            illa Eutocij verba in expoſitione epiſtolæ Apollonij ad Eudemum: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s533" xml:space="preserve">Quin-
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            tus, inquit, liber de Minimis, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s534" xml:space="preserve">Maximis magna ex parte agit;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s535" xml:space="preserve">quemadmodum enim in elementis didicimus, ſi ab aliquo pun-
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            cto in circulum lineæ ducantur, earum quidem, quæ ad conca-
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            uam ipſius circumferentiam pertinent, maximam eſſe, quæ per
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            centrum tranſit, earum vero, quæ ad conuexam, minimam eſſe,
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            quæ inter dictum punctum, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s536" xml:space="preserve">diametrum interijcitur, ita & </s>
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