Lot 59
  • 59

BEUTEL, NEU AUFFGELEGTE ARITHMETICA, LEIPZIG, 1670, INTERLEAVED, CONTEMPORARY VELLUM

Estimate
700 - 900 GBP
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Description

  • Neu auffgelegte Arithmetica, oder sehr nützliche und schöne Rechen-Kunst mit kurtzen Regulen und Exemplis. Leipzig: Johann Wittigau for Philip Fuhrmann, 1670
12mo (126 x 77mm.), additional engraved title-page, title printed in red and black, with blank interleaving throughout (except last 2 quires), a few early annotations (those at end dated 1688-1694), contemporary vellum, 2 pairs of ties, blue edges, binding slightly soiled

Provenance

Piarists of Chemnitz, contemporary inscription on title-page; bought from Hans-Horst Koch, Berlin, 1990

Literature

Tomash & Williams B145; Hoock & Jeannin II/B23.4 (locating copy in Paris, BnF only); this edition not found in VD17 (cf. VD17 23:309775Z, 1663 Leipzig edition), though WorldCat lists a copy in Stockholm

Condition

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