Aristarchou Samiou Peri megethōn kai apostēmatōn hēliou kai selēnēs biblion : Aristarchi Samii De magnitudinibus & distantiis solis & lunae liber. Pappou Alexandreōs tou tēs synagōgēs bibliou 2 apospasma = Pappi Alexandrini secundi libri mathematicae collectionis fragmentum, hactenus desideratum / e codis MS. edidit, Latinum fecit, notisque illustravit Johannes Wallis.

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