拍品 825
  • 825

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS - EGYPTIAN AND BABYLONIAN, 2 WORKS IN 4 VOLUMES

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  • A collection of 2 works in 4 volumes, comprising:
i. Chace, Arnold Buffum (1845-1935), translator. The Rhind mathematical papyrus British Museum 10057 and 10058… in two volumes… Oberlin, Ohio: Mathematical Association of America, 1927, 2 volumes, large 8vo and oblong folio, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR (“To my esteemed friend | Doctor Raymond Clare Archibald | Arnold B Chace | Jan 3 1928”) within preliminary blanks, numerous photographic illustrations, contemporary half morocco, [T&W C61 and C62], bindings worn at extremitiesii. Chace, A.B. translator. The Rhind mathematical papyrus British Museum 10057 and 10058… in two volumes… Oberlin, Ohio: Mathematical Association of America, 1927, volume 1 (only, of 2), large 8vo, original cloth, [T&W C60], tear to title-pageiii. Thureau-Dangin, François (1872-1944). "Sketch of a history of the sexagesimal system" [offprint from:] Osiris, vol. 7, 1939]. Bruges: Saint Catherine Press, 1939, original printed wrappers, (bought from Elgen, 1990), [T&W T40], some loss to wrappers

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