[MANUSCRIPT - MATHEMATICS]. Manuscript on arithmetic and algebra. [England, late 17th century]. A very fine Restoration manuscript largely devoted to the rules of algebra.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$3,000 -
$4,000
Sold for $1,875
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Lot Description
[MANUSCRIPT - MATHEMATICS]. Manuscript on arithmetic and algebra, beginning “Institutions of Arithmetick Byway of Preface…” [England, late 17th century].
154 numbered leaves (including blanks), folio (355 x 253mm). Written in dark brown ink on heavy laid paper in a neat cursive hand; variables and diagram letters supplied in red; ruled in red throughout. With numerous diagrams (some with ink wash). Bound in contemporary English mottled calf (rebacked preserving original spine label, some wear to corners, some scraping to covers, endpapers renewed).
A very fine Restoration manuscript largely devoted to the rules of algebra, with opening sections on decimal arithmetic and universal arithmetic, and concluding with sections on conics and solids. Also contains a section entitled "Collections on Archimedes.”
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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