Scope and content
Notes, facsimiles on tracing-paper, correspondence, offprints, and manuscripts pertaining to the history of mathematics, assembled by Boncompagni with the help of his research assistants Filippo Ricci, Alarico Carli, Gaetano Giordani, Andrea Tessier, and Lodi, from libraries in Venice, Florence, Bologna, Milan, Monaco, and elsewhere in Europe. Offprints are mainly by late-19th-century Italian mathematicians, scientists, and historians of science.
Letter, December 30, 1896 (in Italian) and printed flyer, March 1, 1896 (in French) from Le Duc Emile Massimo, one of the heirs, about the sale of the papers. Intended to accompany the catalog for the collection (History of Science Z 997 B69)
Dates
- [ca. 1752-1898]
Creator
- Boncompagni, Baldassarre, 1821-1894. (Person)
- Ricci, Filippo. (Person)
- Carli, Alarico. (Person)
- Giordani, Gaetano. (Person)
- Tessier, Andrea. (Person)
- Lodi. (Person)
Language of Material
Mainly in Italian.
Biographical / Historical
Italian historian of mathematics.
Extent
15 cubic feet. (15 cubic feet.)
- Description rules
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- Language of description
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Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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