Liber Abbaci (1202 / 1228)

Description:

There are books that are consulted. And books that make history.
The Liber Abbaci is the work that brought a new way of thinking about numbers, calculations, and practical problems to the heart of medieval Europe: a true summa of the arithmetic and algebraic knowledge of the time, born from Fibonacci’s Mediterranean experience.

This edition is the result of monumental philological work: the collation of the nineteen manuscripts has allowed us to establish the text in the most complete and reliable form available today, with apparatus essential for research.

The work is completed by the materials: Indian paper, silk, gilding, and a slipcase. A volume designed to last and be treasured.

What do you get?

• 1 finely bound volume
• 1 protective case (slipcase)

Technical details

Title: Liber Abbaci
Author: Leonardi Bigolli Pisani (Fibonacci)
Curator: Enrico Giusti (with the collaboration of Paolo D’Alessandro)
In collaboration with: Galileo Museum (Florence) and University of Pisa
Year: 2020
Series: “Nuncius” Library, vol. 79
Format: 17 x 24 cm
Pages: CXVIII + 824
Plates: 22 full-color plates
Presentation: Hardback edition in a slipcase; volume printed on Indian paper; silk binding with gilt embossing
Warranty: 24 months

Fibonacci’s Liber Abbaci — When Numbers Change the World

Imagine the 13th-century Mediterranean: ports, markets, spices, merchants, and manuscripts. In that traveling world, Liber Abbaci was born, the work in which Leonardo Fibonacci gathered what he learned during his travels, transforming it into a true “Summa” of the arithmetic and algebraic knowledge of the time.
This volume is more than just a book: it is a turning point in the history of European mathematics, a seminal text that has nourished generations of abacus masters for centuries—and which, precisely because of its vastness, remained long in the shadows before finally returning to light.
Today you can hold in your hands an edition that restores Liber Abbaci to its full strength: a publication that makes one of the deepest roots of European scientific thought accessible, solid, and definitive.

Because it’s a “library” piece

The first complete critical edition of Liber Abbaci has finally seen the light.
It is the result of enormous philological work: it brings together and collates 19 manuscripts, becoming the most complete and reliable version.
High-profile editorial care: Enrico Giusti, with Paolo D’Alessandro.

“Prestigious” note

Published in collaboration with the Galileo Museum and the University of Pisa

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