NEWTON, JOHN | Cosmographia, or a View of the Terrestrial and Coelestial Globes, in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid geometry, applied to surveying and gauging of cask... London: Printed for Thomas Passinger, 1679

NEWTON, JOHN

Cosmographia, or a View of the Terrestrial and Coelestial Globes, in a brief explanation of the principles of plain and solid geometry, applied to surveying and gauging of cask... London: Printed for Thomas Passinger, 1679

8vo. Title printed in red and black, 14 engraved plates, 11 of which folding, 4pp. advertisements at rear. Contemporary red morocco, spine gilt with raised bands, marbled pastedowns, gilt edges.

Early English pedagogical treatise on mathematics

Designed as a practical guide on the instruction of mathematics, the work includes sections on surveying, geometry and astronomy, as well as tables to determine area and other calculations. The work includes an ad in the rear for James Atkinson's school for mathematical sciences, as well as the sale of scientific instruments.

PROVENANCE:

William Ian Turner (collector's blindstamp)