Lot 856
  • 856

MAGIC SQUARES, 5 WORKS IN 3 VOLUMES

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of 5 works in 3 volumes, comprising:
i. Arnoux, Gabriel (1831-1913). Arithmétique graphique. Les espaces arithmétiques hypermagiques. Paris: Gauthier-Villars et fils, 1894, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, half-title, folding plate [bound with:]ii. Arnoux, Gabriel. Arithmétique graphique. Introduction a l’étude des fonctions arithmétiques. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1906, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, half-title [bound with:]iii. Arnoux, Gabriel. Arithmétique graphique. Les espaces arithmétiques, leurs transformations. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1908, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, half-title, later buckram-backed marbled boards, (bought from Elgen, Rockville Centre, 1994), [T&W A101, A102, A103], occasional browningiv. Kraitchik, Maurice (1882-1957). Traité des carrés magiques. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1930, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original wrappers, (bought from William & Victoria Dailey, Los Angeles, 1992), [T&W K69], some browning, fading to wrappers, handwritten title to spine, loss to spinev. Zeiss, Erwin. Zahlenzauber. Vienna: Rudolf Lechner, 1934, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original wrappers, [T&W Z6], adhesive perished at spine

Condition

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Catalogue Note

A group of works on the concept of magic squares. A magic square is a grid, n by n, containing positive integers from 1 to n2. The sum of the integers in each row, column and diagonal is equal.