Lot 378
  • 378

LOGARITHMS, 4 VOLUMES

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700 - 900 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of 4 volumes, comprising:
i. Walbom, Ericus M. [respondent; Samuel Klingenstierna, praeses (1698-1765)]. De linea numerorum logarithmica. Uppsala: Widow of Johan Höjer, 1738, 8vo, later boards, (bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1991), [T&W W3] ii. Ferroni, Pietro (1745-1825). Magnitudinum exponentialium logarithmorum et trigonometriae sublimis theoria nova methodo pertractata. Florence: Pietro Allegrini, 1782, 4to, contemporary carta rustica, cancelled bookplate of Wisconsin University, (bought from Bernard Quaritch, London), [T&W F47] iii. Fischer, Johann Karl (1760-1833). Disputatio inauguralis. De natura, constitutione et usu logarithmorum. Jena: Johann Christian Gottfried Goepferdt, 1788, 4to, disbound, ownership inscription of Florian Cajori (1859-1930, historian of mathematics; bought from Jeff Weber, Glendale, CA, 2002), [T&W F68] iv. Prasse, Moritz von (1769-1814). Usus logarithmorum infinitinomii in theoria aequationum. Adiecta est tabula singularis. Leipzig: Christian Gottlieb Rabenhorst, 1796, 4to, later boards, (bought from Konrad Meuschel, Bad Honnef am Rhein, 1988), [T&W P108], binding dampstained

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