Lot 465
  • 465

NEWTON, TWO VOLUMES

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Two volumes by Newton, comprising:
i. Tabulæ mathematicæ: or, tables of the naturall sines, tangents, and secants, and the logarithms of the sines and tangents to every degree and hundred part of a degree in the quadrant. London: Robert & William Leybourn for George Hurlock and Robert Boydell, 1654, [T&W N35; ESTC R477885 (2 copies); Henderson p.65 no. 41.0; not in Wing], [bound with] Institutio mathematica: or, a mathematical institution. London: Robert & William Leybourn for George Hurlock and Robert Boydell, 1654, [T&W N34; ESTC R20441; Wing N1061], 12mo, contemporary calf, (Harrison D. Horblit, 1912-1988, bookplate; bought from H.P. Kraus, New York, Catalogue 169, item 98, $850), rebacked retaining original spine ii. A help to calculation. Or two tables: the one of decimal numbers, and the other of their logarithmes, for the ready converting of sexagenary tables into decimal, and the contrary. London: Joseph Moxon, 1657, 4to, later three-quarter crushed morocco, (Royal Society, London, inkstamp; bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1996), [T&W N33; ESTC R26876; Wing N1060]

Condition

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