拍品 377
  • 377

LOGARITHMS, A COLLECTION OF 3 VOLUMES

估價
700 - 900 GBP
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描述

  • A collection of 3 volumes, comprising:
i. Martin, Benjamin (1705-1782). Logarithmologia: or the whole doctrine of logarithms, common and logistical, in theory and practice. London: J. Hodges, 1740, 8vo, large folding plate, recent calf-backed boards, (bought from The Antiquarian Scientist, Acton, MA, 1982), [T&W M44; ESTC T25325; Henderson pp.78-79 no. 68.0], plate torn ii. Maseres, Francis (1731-1824). Elements of plane trigonometry. In which is introduced, a dissertation on the nature and use of logarithms. London: T. Parker for T. Payne and J. Whiston and B. White, 1760, 8vo, 13 folding plates, contemporary calf, (bought from Chaucer Head, Presteigne, 1994), [T&W M59; ESTC T95781] iii. [Anonymous]. A Treatise of the construction of logarithms: to which are added, Tables of logarithms, sines, and tangents. From the encyclopædia. Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1802, 4to, contemporary boards, [T&W E9; Shaw & Shoemaker 3177; Robert D. Arner, Dobson's Encyclopaedia, Philadelphia 1991, p.263], rebacked

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