拍品 410
  • 410

MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, 2 VOL., ENGLISH, 18TH CENTURY

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500 - 700 GBP
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描述

  • Two eighteenth-century volumes in English, comprising:
i. Robertson, John (1712-1776). A treatise of such mathematical instruments as are usually put into a portable case... second edition. London: Heath, Nourse, Hodges & Fuller, 1757, 9 folding engraved plates, eighteenth-century tree calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, (bought from Harriet Wynter, London, 1981), [T&W R100; ESTC T92496; Harris 752], 2 plates with repairsii. Webster, William (c.1684-1744). The description and use of a complete sett or case of pocket-instruments... third edition. London: for Browne, Hitch & Hawes, [1755], 8vo, folding engraved plate, 3pp. bookseller's adverts at end, modern cloth-backed printed boards, (bought from Jeffrey D. Mancevice, Worcester, MA, 1990), [T&W W18; ESTC T109518 (2 copies)], some browning to plate

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