The Wonderful Canon of Logarithms, or, The First Table of Logarithms
Published by Published for the Editor by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh, 1857
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
AbeBooks seller since July 25, 1997
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 1,800.00
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Enlarged edition. Re-translated from the Latin text and enlarged with a table of hyperbolic logarithms to all numbers from 1 to 1201 by Herschell Filipowski. 24mo. xix [1], 71 [1]pp., and [112] pages of tables. Woodcut vignette on final page. Publisher's dark brown decorative cloth stamped in blind and gold, all edges gilt. Binder's ticket on back pastedown: "Bound by John Gray, Edinburgh". Contemporary Napier family armorial bookplate on front pastedown: "Sans Tache, Ready Aye Ready, Napier." Boards are lightly rubbed and toned, corners very gently bumped, a bright, near fine copy. An attractive copy of the scarce 1857 edition, with a nice association from Napier's Scottish estate. *OCLC* locates only three copies in the UK.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Wonderful Canon of Logarithms, or, The First Table of Logarithms
- Author
- NAPIER, John; Herschell Filipowski [Tzvi Hirsh Filipowski]
- Publisher
- Published for the Editor by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh
- Publication year
- 1857
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
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