1.1 The second part of Jan de Witt´s Elementa Curvarum Linearum is the essence of the whole work. The first part was merely a necessary preparation to Liber Secundus, which is referred to in the correspondence and in Part I as the tractatus (or compositio) locorum planorum et solidorum. This last text was delivered to Van Schooten at the beginning of 1658. In a letter to Jan de Witt dated 8 February 1658, Van Schooten expressed his great appreciation for this work and promised to study it carefully and to help in any way he could with the preparation for publication.
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