Lot 549
  • 549

READY-RECKONERS, A COLLECTION OF 5 VOLUMES IN FRENCH

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of 5 volumes, comprising:
i. Blanquart de Sept-Fontaines, Louis-Marie (d.1830). Les intérêts des comptes courans tout calculés, quels qu'en soient et le taux et le capital, ou tables. Paris: Henri Agasse, 1802, FIRST EDITION, 4to, half-title, contemporary marbled boards gilt, (bought from Rogers Turner, London, 1993), [T&W B177], spotting, rubbed, joints startingii. Lindenau, Bernhard August von (1779-1854). Tables barométriques. Gotha: R. Z. Becker, 1809, errata at end, leaf added at end with a table mounted on each side, green cloth-backed boards, (bought from Hugues de Latude, Paris, 2000), [T&W L116], endpapers mounted to flyleaves, spotting, minor spotting, front hinge detachediii. Martin, C. François. Le parfait régulateur. Toulon: P.J. Calmen, 1807, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, handmade cardboard régulateur, inserted in front board, errata at end, blue marbled paper wrappers, (bought from Rogers Turner, London, 1995), [T&W M45 bis], slightly rubbediv. Martin, C. François. Le parfait régulateur. Toulon: P.J. Calmen, 1807, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, metal régulateur, inserted in front pocket, errata at end, blue marbled paper wrappers, (bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1996), [T&W M45], slight loss to spine, rubbedv. Mesange, Mathias. Calculs tout faits, depuis 1 denier jusqu'à 59 sols 11 den. & depuis 3 liv. jusqu'à 50000 liv. Paris: Vincent, 1757, contemporary calf gilt, new spine label, (bought from Michael Phelps, UK, Catalogue 32, item 240, 1988), [T&W M91], minor occasional worming at gutter, binding slightly rubbed and repaired with spine head chipped

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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