Liber Abaci by Leonardo Fibonacci

With this work, Leonardo Pisano significantly contributed to the introduction of the base ten decimal system, the positional notation, and the digit zero in Europe
In it, Pisano—better known as Fibonacci—summarized his knowledge of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system
He gained this knowledge by growing up in North Africa, traveling on trade missions throughout the Arab world and the Byzantine Empire, and studying Arabic works

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Alternative Titles: Liber Abaci di Fibonacci
Liber Abaci von Leonardo Fibonacci
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 426 pages / 32.0 × 23.0 cm
Origin: Italy
Date: first half of the 13th century
Epochs: High Middle Ages
Style: Gothic
Genre: Treatises
Language: Latin
Script: Textura Rotunda
Illustrations: Foliate border with drôleries on the first page, several gold ornamental initials, and numerous pen-flourish initials
Content: Treatise on Arithmetic and the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, with explanations of the decimal system, the digit 0, and the Arabic numerals
Artist / School: Leonardo Pisano, known as Fibonacci (author and scribe)

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Facsimile Editions

Imago – Rimini, 2025

Publisher: Imago – Rimini, 2025

Limited Edition: 220 copies

Binding: Brown leather binding with two clasps.

Commentary: 1 volume by Maria Giovanna Fadiga, Andrea Giovannetti, and Nicoletta Rozza
Language: Italian

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