The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England - 1714-1840 by Taylor, E. G. R - 1989

Foreword by D. H. Sadler, Superintendent of H.M. Nautical Almanac Office; Narrative: Transitional Years 1714-1730; A Break-Through, 1730-1740; The Mid-Century, 1740-1760; The New Reign, 1760-1780; The Great Instrument-Makers; The Surveyors and their Contemporaries, 1780-1800; Early Years of the New Century, 1800-1820; The Practitioners Disappear, 1820-1840. Biographies are listed in order by decade. xv, 502 pages, indexes, list of biographies, 12 plates; bound in scarlet binder's cloth stamped in gold; Very Good+, gift quality. Stock#ofc0342.

Cambridge at the University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" In pictorial jacket, 8vo, 503pp.

London, Cambridge U.P. for Institute of Navigation, 1966 / Redondo Beach (Calif.): The Gemmary, 1989. Hard Cover. xi, 442 pages, 12 plates (incl. portraits), folded map, facism.; 23 cm. Not only important for mathematics, but for science and technology as well, Taylor's 2282 biographies and bibliographical citations make this of value for any historical work on English science between Newton and Darwin. Sheehy (10th ed.) EF81. Stock#32097x. Fine, new from publisher in red cloth; no dj as issued.

London, Cambridge U.P. for Institute of Navigation, 1966 / Redondo Beach (Calif.): The Gemmary, 1989. Hard Cover. xv, 503 p., front., 12 plates (incl. portraits); 23 cm. Sheehy (10th ed.) EF 81: "A narrative of the scientific and technical advances of the period is followed by 2,282 biographical sketches, including teachers, philosophers, and makers of mathematical, optical, and nautical instruments." Stock#32096. Vg/ dj vg.

Redondo Beach, CA: The Gemmary / Harriet Wynter Ltd, 1989. Later printing. Cloth. Very Good. Later printing. xv, [2], 503 pages. 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches. 8vo. Red cloth gilt (no just jacket as issued). WITH [Index) Stapled pamphlet 23 pp., 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Together TWO items. Well used, somewhat loose, but still fundamentally sound. Text block sagging in the binding. Minor soiling overall. Sticker mark on front flyleaf. Cloth. Orignally published in Cambridge at the University Press (for the Institute of Navigation) in 1966. This is a quality reprint by the Gemmary done in 1989 (Harriet Wynter Ltd published the name index in 1980). Part I contains an extensive narrative of different historical periods from Chapter One (1714-1730) through Chapter VIII (1820-1840). Part II (pages 108-485) is a list of The Practitioners with Biographical notes. Essential reference for any scholar interested in this field. There is a separately published companion volume "The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor & Stuart… Read More

1989 reprint of 1966. Hardcover. New. (1989 reprint of 1966), 503pp. Complements Clifton's work with extensive notes on the significant activities of the major English instrument makers. (Multiple copies available.)

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966. First edition, xvi, 503pp., frontis., 12 plates, orig. cloth. A catalogue of some 2,200 names of practitioners with biographical and bibliographical details.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966, 1966. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. xv, 502 pp. b/w illustrated plates. Red cloth lettered in bronze gilt at blue spine panel. Faint shelf-wear, no internal markings. Jacket price-clipped, slightly toned, light edge-wear and soiling. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. In archival mylar sleeve.

Cambridge Univ Press 1966. hbk 8vo, 502pp lacks dj prev owner's inscrn on fep no dj boards sl shelf worn but spine label still bright excellent clean text

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1989. FACSIMILE REPRINT. NEAR FINE HARDBACK COPY IN RED BOARDS.