An Elementary Treatise on Elliptic Functions ****FIRST EDITION****

Cayley, Arthur / Stringham, Irving

Published by Deighton, Bell and Co., 1876

About this Item

FAIR; FIRST EDITION; Hard cover with original binding; EX-LIBRARY with the usual stamps and pocket (see photos); the pages inside are clean except for a few minor fountain pen notations (they look like they are in the hand of Stringham); the binding is fragile, cracked (near separated) and worn; the covers are worn with scotch tape along the spine edges; the spine gold lettering is very good; SIGNED ON THE INSIDE TOP COVER (his initials appear elsewhere also) BY WASHINGTON IRVING STRINGHAM (1847-1909, PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS and the first to denote ln(x) to represent the natural logarithm; also inside is a page of notes on mathematics written by him (see photo); this is the only book that Arthur Cayley ever wrote and is extremely rear in first edition; Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Elementary Treatise on Elliptic Functions ****FIRST EDITION****
• Publisher: Deighton, Bell and Co.
• Publication Date: 1876
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Book Type: Ex-Library