DECIMAL COINAGE, 3 ITEMS

i. Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872). The Decimal System in Numbers, Coins, and Accounts. London: Nathaniel Cooke, 1854, first edition, engraved plates, original brown cloth, ("F.M.Y.", book-label with crest; bought from Michael Phelps, London, 1987), [T&W B218]ii. De Morgan, Augustus (1806-1871). On the use of small tables of logarithms in commercial applications and on the practicability of a decimal coinage. London: C. Knight & Co., 1840, later wrappers, (bought from F.E. Whitehart, 1984), [T&W D38]iii. Report from the select committee on decimal coinage; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix, and index. London, 1853, later blue cloth, (bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1991), [T&W S81]8vo and 4to

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, when appropriate.
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