Jean-François du Soleil

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Jean-François du Soleil, also known with the Italian name of Francesco dal Sole (1490 – 1565), was a French mathematician, astronomer and engineer. He was also a grammatician, orator and poet.[1]

Libretto di abaco, title page (1526)

Life

Native of Chateau-Thierry about 1490, soon he moved to Italy. He was active in Venice and Ferrara.[2] He died about 1565.[1]

Among his works the Libretto di abaco, published in Venice in 1526,[3] is considered a basic text from the school of Borgi and Pacioli.[4]

Works

  • Libretto di abaco (in Italian). Venice: Francesco Bindoni & Maffeo Pasini. 1526.

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