Lot 27
  • 27

ARITHMETIC, 6 VOLUMES IN FRENCH

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2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • A collection of six volumes in French, comprising:
i. Fine, Oronce (1494-1555). De arithmetica practica libri quatuor. Paris: Michel de Vascosan, 1555, 4to, sexagesimal multiplication table printed in red and black, modern calf, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Librarie Rousseau Girard, Paris, 1987), [T&W F60; FB 70643; USTC 151728], some ?burn marks to foot of some pagesii. Chauvet, Jacques. Méthodiques institutions de la vraye et parfaite arithmétique... seconde édition. Paris: Michel Daniel, 1619, 8vo, one folding printed table, old manuscript notes in French at end (including index), contemporary vellum, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Thomas-Scheler, 1987, Catalogue 12: Précurseurs et novateurs: Mathématiques, item 96), [T&W C78], table with corner cut away (but presumably still complete), occasional soiling, binding slightly worniii. Savary, Jean. La théorie et pratique des nombres méthodiquement proposées dans l'usage des finances... seconde édition. Paris: Charles Savreux, 1648, 4to, contemporary calf, spine gilt, (bought from De Latude, 2001), [T&W S19; Hoock & Jeannin II/S7.2; USTC 6036294], slightly damp-stainediv. Le Gendre, François. L'arithmetique en sa perfection, mise en pratique selon l'usage des financiers, gens de pratique, banquiers, et marchands... et un autre traité d'arithmetique aux jettons... dernière edition. Paris: Michel Estienne David, 1712, 12mo, woodcut diagrams and illustrations, first leaf blank, contemporary calf, spine gilt, (bought from Jonathan Hill, New York, 1984), [T&W L60]v. Parent, Antoine (1666-1716). Traité d'arithmétique théori-pratique. Paris: Nully et Jombert, 1714, 8vo, one folding engraved plate, contemporary calf, spine gilt, (bought from Cedric & Ithier de Fougerolle, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 1997), [T&W P13]vi. Le Blond, Guillaume (1704-1781). Abregé de l'arithmetique et de la géométrie de l'officier. Paris: C.A. Jombert, 1748, 12mo, 19 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt, (bought from Martayan Lan, New York, 1990), [T&W L47], binding somewhat worn

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