Mathematics

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

Paris and Londres : Gauthier-Villars, 1873. 2nd volume only. Very Good, leather spine label with gilt titles, boards a bit rubbed, book plate front pastedown from the Library of the Royal Naval College Greenwich, along with their stamp dated 1875 at title page and page 1. No other markings. Joseph Plateau (1801-1883) was a Belgian physicist, He was the first person to demonstrate the illusion of a moving image, has a mathematical problem named for him, and is highly regarded for his studies of soap films, capillary action, and surface tension.. First Edition. Leather Spine/Cloth Boards. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. Small Quarto.

Dublin: Richard Fitzsimons, 1777. Handsomely rebound in golden marbled boards, cloth spine, paper spine label, all Fine. Book is Very Good, 319 pgs., lacking the 8 pgs of ads at rear and lacking plate IV of the 12 plates at rear. Title page with paper loss at top and bottom edges and 2 holes(see pictures). Contents clean and unmarked, pages browned and with some stains, overall quite legible. . Fourth Edition. Marbled Boards. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued.

London : Awnsham Churchill, 1682 A good copy of the 1st edition in later full leather binding with frontispiece and 23 full page plates, of which 10 are folding. Leybourn's first work on Dialing was published in 1669; it's popularity (particularly given the use of sun-dials and astrolabes by the navy at that time) led to this expanded folio version, funded by subscription. William Leybourn was a leading practical mathematician and authored a number of works on surveying, Gunter's Line and measuring tables. This copy has been rebound fairly recently in a full pigskin binding with raised bands and title and author labels. New endpapers have been added, and the frontispiece relaid and repaired (there was loss to the side edge and a little damage to the portrait). Contents with title page; To the Reader 3pp; Contents of the Tractates [the work is arranged in 11 sections or Tractates] 4pp; errata 1p; Introduction 12pp; text with plates, tables and diagrams 330 pp; finis; final blank. The… Read More

New York: Philosophical Library, 1950. First American Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good + Dust Jacket. Xii, 119 Pp. , With Page Numbers And Text Duplicated In English And German. Green Cloth, Gilt. First American Edition, Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain, Where It Came Out The Same Year, 1950. English And German Text On Facing Pages. First Published In German In 1884, This Is The First English Translation. Fine, No Wear, Gilt Brilliant, No Names Or Marks. Dj Is Very Good +, Very Slight Browning To Spine, A Few Very Small Discolorations And Stray Marks, No Chips Or Tears.

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

Paris: Jacques Rollin & Charles Antoine Jombert, 1753. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. The two volume dictionary of mathematics and physics printed in Paris in 1753 with 100 (of 101 ) folding copper plate illustrations. Internally very good with some light embrowning but lacking the final plate (number 50 of volume 2) which is represented by a photocopy of the original (see photo). Recently respined with new endpapers and 2 spine labels with gilt titles. Half title present in volume 1 only. Boards of both volumes showing signs of wear (see photos) but, overall, a good set. Please note that this is a heavy set (> 4Kg) that will attract additional postage if shipped outside the UK. Kindly contact me for a revised shipping cost, before ordering, should this apply. The two volume dictionary of mathematics and physics printed in Paris in 1753.

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."

Engelmann, p. 35 ; Recke/Napiersky III, p. 367 ; ADB XXV, 184 ; Poggendorff II, 365 ; not in Tomash Library Cat. First and only edition. The book contains two chapters, the first covering pages 1-90 with a detailed description of this mathematical instrument, the second its mathematical derivation with numerous examples. After starting his career as a teacher in southern Germany and France, Parrot (1767-1852) was very successful as a professor of physics and rector of the University of Dorpat from 1795. One folding plate with the various parts of the instrument.

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.

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