Lot 249
  • 249

GUNTER, THE WORKS, LONDON, 1662

Estimate
700 - 1,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • The works... diligently corrected by Henry Bond... the fourth edition. To which is added, the description and use of another sector... [and] a quadrant... both invented and written by Mr Sam. Foster. London: printed by W. L[eybourn] for Francis Eglesfield, 1662
6 parts in one volume, small 4to (190 x 137mm.), engraved additional title, 2 plates, facsimile volvelle on H4v (p.64), woodcut diagrams and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end ("Such as desire to learn arithmetick..."), calf-backed boards (old boards backed with modern calf), old red morocco label on spine, modern folding cloth box, volvelle in facsimile, boards worn at edges

Provenance

Moray, old signature on penultimate leaf; old inscription on title "Ex libris Bib. [?] C R M Ednb"; bought from Richard Gurney, London, 1984

Literature

Tomash & Williams G103; ESTC R13837; Wing G2240

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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