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1713 Mr. Wingate's Arithmetick
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Description
Leather Binding, Scarce
A scarce work.
First published in 1630 as 'Of Natural and Artificiall Arithmetique', this is a useful textbook for arithmetic, done in a "plain and familiar method". With chapters on vulgar fractions, decimal fractions, the extraction of roots, and more.
By Edmund Wingate, a seventeenth century mathematical and legal writer, who was one of the first to publish on the principle of the slide rule.
The thirteenth edition, with expansions and additions by John Kersey and George Shelley.
Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to the front paste down. Hayhurst inherited and improved a group of success retail pharmacies in Lancashire, John Hayhurst & Son.
Label to the Dalton Hall Library to the front paste down.
Condition
In the original calf binding. Externally, generally smart. Light marks to the boards. A little light rubbing to the spine and extremities. Small tears to the head and tail of the joints. Minor bumping to the extremities. Small chip to the head of the rear board. Hinges are starting but firm. Two bookplates to the front paste down. Ink to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean.
Good
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