Lot 661
  • 661

MICHAEL TAYLOR, 2 WORKS (AND ONE BY BERNOULLI), TOGETHER BOUND IN 3 VOLUMES, FROM THE LIBRARIES OF ASTRONOMERS

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300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Two works by Taylor and one by Bernoulli, comprising:
i. Taylor, Michael. A sexagesimal table. London: printed by Richardson, sold by Nourse & Mount and Page, 1780, one folding printed table, very slight worming in lower margin at beginning, some staining and spotting to title, [T&W T16; ESTC T146651]; bound with: Bernoulli, Johann (1744-1807). A sexcentenary table. London: printed by Richardson, sold by Nourse & Mount and Page, 1780, together 2 vol. bound in one, 4to, contemporary half calf, (J. Goodricke (1764-1786), FRS, astronomer, inscription on title dated 1785; bought from Michael Phelps, 1983), [T&W B144; ESTC T95283; cf. Adams, Mount & Page 7 (1779 edition only)], binding worn, rebacked and recorneredii. Taylor, Michael. Tables of logarithms. London: Buckton for Wingrave, 1792, FIRST EDITION, one vol. bound in 2, large 4to, contemporary boards with new green leather spines and corners, (Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier (1717-1799), his sale, Paris, 1803, lot 1412; Baron Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony (1755-1839), mathematician, stamp on title; bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1989), [T&W T17 (footnote); ESTC T146693; Henderson pp.90-91 no. 92.0], occasional spotting, some wear to covers

Condition

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