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A Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus,: and on the Calculus of Variations
by Courtenay, Edward H
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. S. Barnes & Co., 1857. Early printing. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. 501 pages, illustrated with formulas and figures. Written by a professor of mathematics in the University of Virginia, copyright 1855, and published after his death in 1853. Quarter leather over brown textured cloth binding with blindstamped designs in front and back covers and gilt titles and raised bands on spine, yellow end papers, marbled page edges. Heavy wear to cover, binding split at spine making front board loose, leather missing over hinge at front cover, spotting, edge wear, scrubbing of leather, corners and spine ends bumped and frayed with some chipping of spine ends, front board detached, former owner's name "D. W. Hall (Dick Wick Hall) on front fixed end paper, another owner's name "J. Henry Timberlake, June 18, 1859" on front free end paper with pencil notations, foxing of end papers, interior pages bright with a few stains and some foxing, binding otherwise tight.
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- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01382
- Title
- A Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus,
- Author
- Courtenay, Edward H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing
- Publisher
- A. S. Barnes & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mathematics, calculus, history, science,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
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