ARITHMETIC, 2 VOLUMES BY HATTON AND RECORDE

i. Hatton, Edward (c.1664-1733). An intire system of arithmetic: or arithmetic in all its parts. Containing I. vulgar. II. decimal. III. duodecimal. IV. sexagesimal. V. political. VI. logarithmical. VII. lineal. VIII. instrumental. IX. algebraical. With the arithmetic of negatives, and approximation or converging series. London: Mount et al., 1721, FIRST EDITION, 4to, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Sherwin, 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary panelled calf, (Thomas Earl of Stratford, 1712, bookplate on verso of title; Jesse Osborn, St. Louis, MO, blindstamp on title; bought from Hughes, 1995), [T&W H75 bis; ESTC T6444; Hoock & Jeannin II/H6.16], pp.269-276 erratically bound/printed, but complete, minor spotting, rubbed and rebacked (see lot 256 for another copy)ii. Recorde, Robert (1510?-1558) and Hatton, Edward (c.1664-1733). Arithmetick; or, the ground of arts: teaching that science, both in whole numbers and fractions. London: J.H. for Charles Harper and William Freeman, 1699, 4to, 2 parts in one volume, engraved frontispiece portrait of Hatton, half calf, marbled boards, (Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), inkstamp on verso of title; bought from Michael Phelps, London, 1984), [T&W H69 and H71; ESTC R10613 and R40957; Hoock & Jeannin R3], slight spotting, new endpapers, upper cover becoming detached, rubbed (see lot 256 for another book owned by Cavendish)

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