The Two Books of Apollonius Pergæus, concerning Tangencies,

Lawson (John)

The Two Books of Apollonius Pergæus, concerning Tangencies,

as they have been Restored by Franciscus Vieta and Marinus Ghetaldus. With a Supplement.

Description: FIRST EDITION, with 6 folding engraved plates, interleaved with paper watermarked 1827 with notes in a hand of that date (see below), waterstained and foxed, plates with scorch marks in the fore-margins, latterly entering the plate mark but without loss to the figures, pp. vii, 17, 4to, nineteenth-century half vellum over marbled boards, upper cover detached, most of the marbled paper missing from upper cover, and some from the lower, spine darkened and defective at head, remains of library labels inside front cover, stamp, accession number and shelf marks of Camberwell Public Library on verso of title, Newcastle Lit. & Phil. stamp and shelfmark on spine

Publication Details: Cambridge: Printed by T. Fletcher and F. Hodson, 1764

Notes: A messy, but interesting, copy of a scarce book, Lawson's first publication: ESTC records 7 copies, 4 in the UK (not in Oxford or Manchester), and 3 in the US. This is a translation from the Latin, with Supplement of a few Propositions by Lawson. What is not translated is the Extract from Pappus's Preface to his Seventh Book in Dr. Halley's Translation: a translation is provided in manuscript, by the unknown person who further annotated the text with references both to Viète's and Ghetaldi's texts and to later writers on the subject, and with a few corrections to the text. The interleaves are...moreA messy, but interesting, copy of a scarce book, Lawson's first publication: ESTC records 7 copies, 4 in the UK (not in Oxford or Manchester), and 3 in the US. This is a translation from the Latin, with Supplement of a few Propositions by Lawson. What is not translated is the Extract from Pappus's Preface to his Seventh Book in Dr. Halley's Translation: a translation is provided in manuscript, by the unknown person who further annotated the text with references both to Viète's and Ghetaldi's texts and to later writers on the subject, and with a few corrections to the text. The interleaves are not single between the printed leaves, but multiple: blank, however.The plates are not called for in ESTC, but they are present in the Harvard copy, which, however, is lacking the title-page. HIDE

Bibliography: (ESTC T113499)

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Subject: Sciences

Published Date: 1764

Stock Number: 51788

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