Nicole Oresme, De Proportionibus Proportionum and Ad Pauca Respicientes (Medieval Science Pub Ser)

First edition. Translated and edited by Edward Grant. First in an intended series of translations of Nicole Oresme's works. The two texts presented and discussed in this volume deal with velocity and astronomy. Also contains a short biography on Oresme. Black and white reproductions of eleven pages from the two texts. xxii, 466 pages plus 11 plates. cloth. large 8vo..