拍品 644
  • 644

TABLES, LOGARITHMIC AND TRIGONOMETRIC, ENGLISH, 5 VOLUMES

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描述

  • A collection of 5 volumes in English, comprising:
i. [Sharp, Abraham (1651-1742)] Geometry improv’d: 1. By a large and accurate table of segments of circles... London: Mount & Sprint, 1717, FIRST EDITION, 4to, 4 folding engraved plates at end, one table with folding printed extension, errata leaf at beginning, contemporary panelled calf, (bought from Simon Finch, London, 1999), [T&W S103; ESTC T85398; Henderson pp.76-77 no. 65.0], plates slightly wormed in margin, binding rebackedii. [Sherwin, Henry] Mathematical tables. London: Page & Mount, 1726, 8vo, one folding engraved plate attached to p.53, contemporary calf, (Jos. Sheldon, signature on title; bought from James Burmester, Bristol, 1989), [T&W S106; Adams, Mount & Page 91; ESTC T93843; Henderson pp.73-75 no. 61.0 (cited)], rebacked and repairediii. Another edition. London: Mount & Page, 1742, 8vo, one engraved plate, a few old manuscript notes, modern calf, (J. Elliot and James Veitch Inchbonny, old signatures on title; bought from Historical Technology, Marblehead, MA, 1989), [T&W S107; Adams, Mount & Page 91; ESTC T143742; Henderson p.79 no. 70.0], slightly wormed at fore-edgeiv. Dodson, James. The anti-logarithmic canon. Being a table of numbers. London: for Dodson and Wilcox, 1742, FIRST EDITION, folio, modern leather, modern folding cloth box, (bought from Thomas-Scheler, Paris, 1987, Catalogue 12: Précurseurs et novateurs: Mathématiques, item 354, FF 3500), [T&W D60; ESTC T95466; Henderson p.166 no. 201.0; Origins of Cyberspace 4]v. Taylor, Michael (1756-1789). Tables of logarithms. London: Buckton for Wingrave, 1792, FIRST EDITION, large 4to, contemporary rough calf, modern folding cloth box, (John Fortune, signature on title; bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1987), [T&W T17; ESTC T146693; Henderson pp.90-91 no. 92.0], slightly spotted

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拍品資料及來源

"Dodson's Canon is the most extensive table published; very few tables of antilogarithms have been issued since 1742" (Henderson).