HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS - MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN, 14 WORKS IN 17 VOLUMES

i. Libri, Guglielmo (1803-1869). Histoire des sciences mathématiques en Italie, depuis la renaissance des lettres jusqu'a la fin du dix-septiéme siécle. Paris: Chez Jules Renouard et Cie. 1838-41. 4 volumes, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, contemporary blue half morocco, red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers, (bought from Weiner, 1994), [T&W L108], spotting and browning, rubbed ii. Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard (1820-1889). Rara mathematica; or, a collection of treatises on the mathematics and subjects connected with them, from ancient inedited manuscripts. London: John William Parker, 1839. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, original boards, spine label, (Sussex Archaeological Society, presentation inscription; bought from Walford, 1990), [T&W H5], browning, boards soiled, spine chipping iii. Halliwell-Phillipps, James Orchard (1820-1889). Rara mathematica; or, a collection of treatises on the mathematics and subjects connected with them, from ancient inedited manuscripts. London: Samuel Maynard, 1841. 8vo, second edition, green cloth, spine gilt, previous ownership inscription in ink, (bought from Jonathan Hill, 1989), [T&W H6], boards soiled iv. Treutlein, Josef Peter (1845-1912). "Das Rechnen im 16. Jahrhundert" in Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik. Supplement zur historisch-literarischen Abtheilung des XXII Jahrgangs pp.1-100. Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1877. 8vo, 1 folding table, some leaves unopened, pale blue wrappers, modern folding cloth box, [T&W T50], minor browning v. Sterner, Matthäus. Geschichte der rechenkunst. Munich and Leipzig: R. Oldenberg, 1891. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, contemporary half morocco, [T&W S183], minor spotting, text-block startingvi. Levi ben Gershom (1288-1344). Sefer Maassei Choscheb. Die Praxis des Rechners. Translated into German by Dr. Gerson Lange. Frankfurt: Louis Golde, 1909. 8vo, first edition, text in two parts: one German, one Hebrew, contemporary half-bound cloth over marbled boards, [T&W L84], minor spotting and browning, chipping to edges rubbedvii. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716). The early mathematical manuscripts of Leibniz. Translated by J. M. Child. London: Open Court Publishing Company, 1920. 8vo, first edition, original cloth gilt, dust-jacket, [T&W C83], dust-jacket slightly soiled, minor chipping and loss viii. Stevin, Simon (1548-1560). La Thiende de Simon Stevin. Antwerp: Buschmann, 1924. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, portrait frontispiece, unopened, original paper wrappers printed in black and red, [T&W S187], wrappers chipping ix. Yeldham, Florence Annie (1877-1945). The story of reckoning in the middle ages. London: George G. Harrup, 1926. 8vo, FIRST EDITION, loose presentation leaf, frontispiece, original green cloth, spine gilt, dust-jacket, [T&W Y3], spotting to edges, dust-jacket worn x. Smith, David Eugene (1860-1944). Le comput manuel de Magister Anianus. Paris: E. Droz, 1928. 4to, unopened, loose, printed boards, ties, [T&W S130], boards slightly soiled, cloth spine starting xi. Richeson, Allie Wilson (1897-1966)‏. The first arithmetic printed in English. Reprint from ISIS, Vol. 37; Pts 1 &2; Nos 107 & 108. History of Science Society, 1947. 4to, frontispiece, original wrappers, [T&W R89], upper wrapper detached xii. Fibonacci, Leonardo (c.1170-c.1240). Léonard de Pise. Le livre des nombres carrés. Traduit pour la premiére fois du Latin médieval en Francais. Translated with notes by Paul Ver Eecke (1867-1959). Desclée de Brouwer et Cie. 1952. 8vo, original pale blue wrappers printed in red and black, [T&W F52]xiii. Vogel, Kurt (1888-1985). Die Practica des Algorismus Ratisbonensis. Munich: C. H. Beck’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1954. Small 4to, FIRST EDITION, largely unopened, green wrappers, modern folding cloth box, [T&W V32], sunned xiv. Gebhardt, Rainer and Albrecht, Helmuth (b.1955). Rechenmeister und Cossisten der frühen Neuzeit. Freiberg: Technische Universität Bergakademie, 1996. 8vo, original wrappers, [not in T&W]

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