ルカ・パチョーリの『スムマ』（1494年出版）がニューヨークのクリスティーズでオークションにかけられるという記事。１百万ドルから１．５百万ドルの価格がつくと見積もられているそうです。
Luca Pacioli’s Summa de arithmetica, a rare 15th century printed book explaining the principles of accountancy, will go on sale at Christie’s New York in the summer
The tome, printed in Venice in 1494, was written by the Franciscan friar, mathematician, and friend of artist Leonardo da Vinci, and contains the first published description of double-entry bookkeeping.
The book will be toured in London between the 21 and 27 February and will go on sale in in the New York branch of the auction house for an estimated $1m to $1.5m (£0.7m to £1.2m) on 12 June.
