Mathematics

London: Printed for the Author; and sold by L. Hawes…[et al.], 1764 First edition. Recent tan calf over marbled boards, Gilt-ruled spine with crimson morocco label. . Quarto. Five engraved folding plates. With list of subscribers. A little light foxing. A very good copy of a scarce book. John Landen (1719-1790) was the most notable British mathematician in the second half of the eighteenth century. At the time when British mathematics was held back by inadequate notation, an unfortunate consequence of the Newton-Leibniz dispute, he was the only Englishman to score major advances in mathematics and in the art of computation. In this, his most important work, he attempted to replace the fluxional calculus with an analytic method "founded entirely on the anciently received principles of algebra." A second volume was planned, but it never appeared. According to Lacroix, this was the first attempt to reduce the infinitesimal calculus to "purely mathematical notions" (Oxford DNB). Landen's writings… Read More

A Barps: J. B. G. Musier, 1779. Title page dated 1770; colophon dated 1779. In French. Heavily worn. First part of a series of mathematics texts written by Bezout to be readily understandable to students. Full cheep, 19.5 cm tall, xvi, 256 pages, illustrated with small engraved head and tailpieces. Covers extremely chipped with surface split to spine covering, sound binding, front free endpaper absent, rear free endpaper heavily chipped, pages aged with occasional marginalia in French, a few minor chips and closed edge tears, two small ink spots to far outer edges of the first sixteen pages (not affecting text).. Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

1st Edition. FIRST EDITIONS IN MINT CONDITION AND IN ORIGINAL WRAPS of Abraham Wald's seminal work on sequential tests of statistical hypotheses. Before Wald, the traditional style of statistical decision was to posit a hypothesis, make a predetermined number of measurements, then make a decision whether to accept or reject the hypothesis. Wald realized that this procedure is quite wasteful, and that many measurements could be saved if given the option to decide at every step whether to continue or stop the measurement process. "According to Wald, the resulting ‘sequential probability ratio test frequently results in a savings of about 50 percent in the number of observations over the most efficient test procedure based on a fixed number of observations" (Gass, An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research, 65). In these papers Wald, known now as "the father of sequential analysis and decision theory," first presents the theoretical foundations of the theory of sequential analysis. The ideas he… Read More

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. [4] p., 1 leaf of a handcolored engraved leaf: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on June 27, 1834. Mathematician Eugenius Nulty (1790-1871), a professor of mathematics at Dickinson College from 1814 to 1816, was one of the first actuarial scientists with the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company and provided mathematical assistance to the United States Coast Survey. In this paper he examines what was known as the Magic Circle of Benjamin Franklin. Very scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume; light foxing; minor shadow from plate onto first page of text; otherwise, clean and bright.

Dillengen: Johann Leonhard Bronner (Brunner), 1776. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 16 Multifold Plates. Xi, 422 Pp. + 16 Multi-Fold Engraved Plates At End. Original Full Calf, Intricately Embossed With Original Designs In Black, And In Blind, With Lighter Coloring And Shiny Coloring To Large 8-Pointed Stars In Center Of Both Covers (Back Cover With Traces Of White In Same Area, So May Be Perished White Color; There Is A Similar Star In Gilt On The Spine Of Another Book From This Library); Original Marbled Endpapers; All Edges Of Page Block Gilt. Ribbon Bookmark Bound In. First Edition. Well Preserved, Some Wear, Binding Design Intact, Small Crack To Top Of Front Joint, Fraying At Tips And Along Parts Of Fore Edges Of Boards. About 1780, Mozart Acquired A Textbook For Math, One That Presented Arithmetic And Algebraic Principles, Tables, And Practice Exercises All Within A Single, Comprehensive Volume: Fundamentals Of Arithmetic And Algebra (Anfangsgründe Der Rechenkunst Und… Read More

1793 Mathematics Mechanics Geometry Physics Gravity Illustrated William EmersonWilliam Emerson was an 18th-century English mathematician known for his treatises on geography and navigation and math textbooks. One of his most important works, 'Tracts', was written in 1770 and was a treatise with a wide range of physics and mechanics practices. He described practical applications involving pendulums, material strength, engine power, hydrostatics, pneumatics, studies on gravity and friction, watches and timepieces, and much more.This 1793 edition is filled with 27 folding engravings with dozens of figures depicting scales, geometric problems, gears, pulley systems, and mathematics charts.Item number: #5493Price: $750EMERSON, WilliamTracts : containing I, Mechanics, or the doctrine of motion. II. The projection of the sphere. III. The laws of centripetal and centrifugal force. By William Emerson. A new edition. To which is prefixed, some account of the life and writings of the author, by the Rev. W. Bowe,… Read More

Glasguae (glasgow): In Aedibus Academicius, Excudebant Rob. Et And. Foulis. Very Good. 1749. First Edition. Hardcover. Full brown calf professionally rebacked with 5 raised bands and original leather spine label. Xviii, 233, [1]. Illustrated with diagrams throughout the text. Hinges and text tight and intact. Latin text. Prior owner's bookplate. First 10 & last 4 leaves heavily foxed then scattered light foxing. Mathematics, Greek Geometry, Science. ; Diagrams; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 233 pages .

Academic Pr, y. 1983-11. 123634806. Good. Previous owners name in pencil on first end page

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1922. First Edition (stated), Third Printing. Hardcover. Sextodecimo. 6.75 x 4 inches. 124 pp. Very Good+. No dust jacket as issued. Black imitation leather over board. Title and publisher gilt-stamped on spine. Slightly cocked. Early owner's name and address inked on front free endpaper, else pages clean and unmarked. "A Selection of Tables of Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, Cube Roots, Fifth Roots and Powers, Circumferences and Areas of Circles, Logarithms of Numbers, Logarithms of the Trigonometric Functions, and the Natural Trigonometric Functions."

1684 Japanese Mathematics Yoshinori Abacus Math Illustrated Magic Squares Kyoto

A rare, 17th century Japanese woodblock print of "Sanpouketsugishou" written by Isomura Yoshinori, a mathematician. Isomura was called 'the master of the abacus' because he solved problems that would otherwise not be possible without using algebra, and the abacus features in many illustrations as does his interest in 'magic squares, magic circles and magic wheels.' This book contains solutions to 12 problems published in an earlier work and provides 150 more.

This rare edition is written in the typical handwritten column format bound in the "fukurotoji" style (Keio) complete with illustrations of mathematic problems, shapes, diagrams, and people and animals using an abacus throughout!
Item number: #16576
Price: $599
Isomura Yoshinori
Arithmetic Algorithm Sanpouketsugishou算法闕疑抄(さんぽうけつぎしょう)
Kyoshi (Kyoto): Hanbei Nagamura, Gen Sadayoshi [1684]

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12 pages in brown ink adorned with calligraphic ornaments in upper and lower margins of a few pages. Cont. German calico wrappers with flowers in various green and red hues. Folio (344 x 208 mm). Interesting manuscript by a professional calligrapher and practical mathematician dedicated to the Prussian senator and senator of the town of Saltzwedel Wilhelm Erdmann gewidmet. The principle idea enclosed in this small treatise could well be used to encode text. A fine copy.

London: Printed by Edw. Midwinter, for John Taylor.. 1707 First edition of "a mathematical bestseller in Georgian England and Ireland… [It] was attractive not only to school boys trying to learn mathematics for the first time, but also… to adult readers eager to have an easy, portable mathematical compendium in the vernacular." The work went through twelve printings in London, Dublin printings, and a French translation.. Finely bound in contemporary green morocco paneled in gilt. Gilt spine expertly rebacked to style with red morocco spine label. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers with contemporary bookplate of Yorkshire gentleman Ellerker Bradshaw of Risby and modern bookplate of computer pioneer and book collector Erwin Tomash (1921-2012). Bradshaw's signature and inscription, dated 1707, to preliminary blank. . Octavo. With an engraved frontisportrait by Vander Gucht. Text supplemented with numerous tables, equations, and diagrams throughout. Some light wear and toning at top edge. Still, a… Read More

Cambridge: MIT Press, 1980. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in near very good dust jacket; Some wear to jacket spine ends and a few short tears and creases.. xviii, 547 pages.

1659 1ed George Fox FAMOUS Primer for Scholars Mathematics Quaker Philosophy

George Fox, the founder of the Quakers, was known for his missionary travels and journal writings describing his life and ministry. However, he wrote an interesting primer which, on the surface, was intended for 'scholars and doctors'. Though, this work "Primer for the Schollers and Doctors of Europe", has often been considered one of the best children's books in England, according to Harvey Darton. This book offers elementary descriptions of subjects such as grammar, music, arithmetic, ethics, theology, and medicine.

Item number: #21847
Price: $1950

FOX, George

A primer for the schollers and doctors of Europe, but especially to them in and about the (called) two famous universities in England, Oxford and Cambridge

London: printed for Thomas Simmons, 1659. First edition.

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Leipzig: Von Veit & Comp., 1914 8vo (22.5 cm), VIII, 476 pp. Publisher's cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board (binding rubbed at extremities, joints slightly cracked but firm, stamp on front free endpaper; ownership entry on the title page; one leaf loose). The first edition of a book by the German mathematician Felix Hausdorff (1868-1942) presents his research on the theory of sets, focusing particularly on the development of a formal axiomatic system for set theory. Hausdorff's work on set theory was significant in shaping modern mathematics and establishing its foundations. In the book, he delves into properties of sets, the nature of set operations, and the importance of axiomatic systems in comprehending these phenomena. Furthermore, Hausdorff introduces the concept of cardinality, which serves as a measure of the size of sets. "A very rare case in mathematical literature: the foundations of a new discipline are laid without the support of any previously published… Read More