HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS – TABLES, 5 WORKS IN 7 VOLUMES

i. Glaisher, James Whitbread Lee (1848-1928) et al. Report of the committee on mathematical tables... London: Taylor and Francis, 1873, [offprint from:] The Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1873, 8vo, (bought from Scientia, 1995), [T&W G48; Origins of Cyberspace 305]ii. Bierens de Haan, David (1822-1895). Notice sur des tables logarithmiques hollandaises. Rome: Imprimerie des sciences mathematiques et physiques, 1874, [offprint from:] Bibliografia e di storia delle scienze matematiche e fisiche, Tome VI, Mai 1873, folio, [T&W ADD6], tears and loss to wrappersiii.-iv. Henderson, James (1900-). Bibliotheca tabularum mathematicarum. Being a descriptive catalogue of mathematical tables. Part I Logarithmic Tables (A. Logarithms of Numbers). Cambridge: University Press, 1926, 8vo, first edition, 2 plates, [T&W H99; Origins of Cyberspace 319] (2 copies), loss to upper wrapper cornerv.-vi. Zeper, Cornelis Marius Waller. De oudste intresttafels in Italie, Frankrijk en Nederland met een herdruk van Stevins "tafelen van interest". Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschapi, 1937, 8vo, first edition, 2 plates, 2 leaves of "Stellingen" loosely inserted at end, [T&W Z7] (2 copies)vii. Archibald, Raymond Clare (1875-1955). Mathematical table makers. Portraits, paintings, busts, monuments, bio-bibliographical notes. New York: Scripta Mathematica, 1948, 8vo, first edition, numerous plates, (bought from Scientia, 1989), [T&W A90], library stampsvarious bindings, some spotting and browning

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