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AbeBooks Seller since April 29, 2010
Second Edition with large Additions. Illustrated with figures and tables. Contemporary full calf, rubbed and a little stained. Contemporary ink inscription dated 'Nov 26th, 1765' to title, small (1cm) tear, last text leaf adhered to pastedown. Overall a very good and clean copy.Collation: xii + unpaginated text to 2L4. 2L4 stuck to pastedown. (lacks last 2 leaves - errata + ads) 8vo. Seller Inventory # 108359
Title: A New Mathematical Dictionary: Wherein is ...
Publisher: Innys, Woodward, Longman and Sennex, London
Publication Date: 1743
Binding: Hardback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: later edition.
Seller: Kuenzig Books ( ABAA / ILAB ), Topsfield, MA, U.S.A.
Boards. Condition: Good. Second Edition. Second Edition. xii + unpaginated text in two columns [definitions, etc] + [2 errata] + [1 - ads ] pages. 8vo. A4 a2 B-2K8 2L6. Complete. The SECOND EDITION, with large additions. Eighteenth century American bookplate (c. 1790) by Maverick (Erasmus Hall Library) on front pastedown. Several ex-library stamps on front flyleaf (creasing), and remnants of an early paper label on the spine. Full leather binding, with simple box in gilt around panels, and plain spine ruling with raised bands. Leather approaching dry, with crackling along the spine. Top compartment of spine panel lacking (glue residue). Rear pastedown endpaper lacking, showing cords embedded in rear board. Several signatures are proud. Boards. Stone was self-educated, and is perhaps best recognized by collectors of scientific instruments for his English translation of Bion's The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments in 1723. He published two editions of this mathematical dictionary. Seller Inventory # 25389
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