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SCHOTT (P. Gaspare), ed. MATHESIS Caesarea, sive Amussis Ferdinandea, in lucem publicam & usum eruditae posteritatis [...] atque ad Problemata Universae Matheseos, praesertim verò Architecturae Militaris explicata. Herbipoli. 1662. - SCHOTT (P. Gaspare), ed. MATHESIS Caesarea, sive Amussis Ferdinandea, in lucem publicam & usum eruditae posteritatis [...] atque ad Problemata Universae Matheseos, praesertim verò Architecturae Militaris explicata . Jussu & auctoritate Augustissimi Imperatoris Ferdinandi III. Nunc secundâ hac editione Scholiis, Problematibus, & novis Iconismis exornata a P. Gaspare Schotto Regiscuriano è Societate Jesu. Herbipoli: Sumptibus Viduae & Haeredum Joannis Godefridi Schönwetteri Bibliopolae Francofurtensis; Excudit Jobus Hertz Typographus Herbipolensis, 1662. portada, [44], 464, [24] pp., 15 grav.: il.; 205 mm. Second edition, the first annotated and expanded. The work is originally by the Jesuit Albert Curtz (1600-1671), published anonymously in Munich in 1656 under the title ”Amussis Ferdinandea”, dedicated to Emperor Ferdinand III and intended for the teaching of applied mathematics, with special emphasis on military architecture and the use of the compass. Gaspar Schott revisited the text for this second Würzburg edition, enriching it with new problems and engravings, making it a reference work in Jesuit mathematics education. Gaspar Schott (Königshofen, 1608 - Würzburg, 1666), a German Jesuit, was one of the most prolific science popularizers of his time, a disciple of Athanasius Kircher in Rome. A mathematics professor at the Jesuit gymnasium in Würzburg, he is best known for ”Magia Universalis” (1657-1659) and ”Mechanica Hydraulico-Pneumatica” (1657), which contains the first description of Otto von Guericke's air pump. The present ”Mathesis Caesarea” is part of his body of work popularizing mathematics, which also includes ”Organum Mathematicum” (1668) and ”Cursus Mathematicus”. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate