344 page hardcover. Title continuation: Also Sines, Tangents, Secants, & Versed Sines both Natural and Logaritmic. Together with Several Other Tables useful in Mathematical Calculations. To which is prefixed, A Large and Original History of the Discoveries and Writings relating to those Subjects; with the Complete Description and Use of the Tables. The Fourth Edition. A book of tables and mathematics history. The first 180 page text part is the history of trigonometrical tables before the invention of logarithms, and the history of logarithms. The the Tables theselves - in 14 tables plus a list of errors discovered and corrected in other published tables.The interior - history and tables - is bright and clean - beautifully printed. The only flaw is some very light and occasional foxing. The condition problem is the exterior. Half leather and marbled board binding with front cover and spine detached. So it needs rebinding or a box. Marbled endpapers and edges - very bright and attractive. A prior owner name is at top of title page.

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Title: Mathematical Tables Containing the Common, Hyperbolic, and Logistical Logarithms.
Publisher: G. And J. Robinson, and R. Baldwin, London
Publication Date: 1804
Language: English
Binding: Half-Leather
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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