Customer Reviews (1)

A work very important ilustrated by Leonardo Da vinci.
A work about Euclidian Geometry (Golden Ratio), theories based in Vitruvius (arquiteture) and a translation of "Libellus de Cinque Corporibus Regularibus" of Piero Della Francesca (master of Pacioli).Pacioli, we can say, represents whole knowledge about Mathematics until1500's. ... Read more

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Citation Details
Title: The printing of Pacioli's Summa in 1494: how many copies were printed?(Luca Pacioli's Summa de Arithmetica, Geometria, Proportioni et Proportionalita)
Author: Alan Sangster
Publication: Accounting Historians Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 34Issue: 1Page: 125(21)

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Customer Reviews (2)

great for history and context
> "should be recommended reading for Accounting majors."

Not sure it's needed for accounting majors.

I make a brief reference to Pacioli in my Accounting Systems class. In that Queen Isabella being one of the first venture capitalists, used double-entry accounting, a la Pacioli, to make sure she got a return, and saved her country and her reign.
I try to liven up why the study of accounting is important.It was interesting to learn that Pacioli "only" documented and popularized the Venetian Method of accounting, and did not invent it, as popularly thought.

Accounting History from the Resnaissance to the Present
Any book regarding the suject of Accounting is worth while reading. As an Accounting Major in school we simply learn how to apply theory but not the history of Accounting. Luca Paciola was the father of Accounting and he set forth the rules that we still use today. A book that should be recommendedreading for Accounting major's. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Gives you exactly what you need!!
All the information you need to find in this one book.History in the making ... Read more