compendious measurer being brief comprehensive von charles hutton (14 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: Very Good. Sixth Edition. Hardback. Small octavo. xvi, 322. Contemporary leather with some rubbing and marks, later rebacked, otherwise a very good, solid copy.

Zustand: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, July 14 (weekend SALE ITEM)* 190 pp., contemporary full leather, old tape repairs to the spine and hinges, covers worn, masonic book plate to the front paste down, small perforation stamp to the half-title & title pages, old inked signature to a front blank, old ink stain to the top corner of last 40 pages, about good only. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Contemporary leather. Zustand: good. Full title: "The Compendious Measurer: Being a Brief, yet Comprehensive, Treasure on Mensuration and Practical Geometry. With an Introduction to Duodecimal Arithmetic. Adapted to practice, and the Use of Schools." J. Johnson, R. Baldwin, G. Wilkie, et al, 1807. Small octavo. xvi, 322. Contemporary leather with some rubbing and marks, spine quite rubbed, title hard to read on spine. Several pencil calculations on fixet front endpaper, Inscriptions on free endpaper: "William Rankine, his book 1815", two names on half title, Mr. Rankine obviously wanted to make sure, that everybody knows, that this is his book. His name is written two more times on the free back endpapers. Some worm damage on the forst pages, not affecting text. Pages browned but no spotting. Numerous mathematical illustrations and tables throughout the book.

First American edition. 12mo. 190 pp. Half-title. American Imprints 12800. Karpinski, p. 170. Lacks all endpapers to half-title, rear joint starting. Contemporary flame calf (rubbed, spine ends a little chipped), leather label and gilt rules on spine. (#8349).

diagrams and woodcut illustrations in the text, a little spotting here and there, fore-margins of 2 leaves soiled, pp. xii, 323, [1], 12mo, original speckled sheep, gilt rules forming compartments on rounded spine, worn at extremities, vertical crack in spine, front fly-leaf pasted onto inside front cover, large calligraphic ownership inscription on verso of title 'Robt. Randall's Book, Feb. 14th, 1792', similar opposite above 'Preface'. An abridgement of A treatise on mensuration, both in theory and practice, first published in 1770. First edition 1786, BL and Huntington only. This edition, BL, NT; Columbia, NYPL. 'Although antiquarian booksellers have long indulged themselves (and encouraged their customers) in the belief that the cuts [by Bewick] from the Treatise were also employed in Hutton's Compendious Measurer. this is largely wishful thinking; no more than a handful of small diagrams made the transition' (Tattersfied, 2, p. 682). 'Practical Geometry' includes 'Of the carpenter's rule', Timber measuring', Artificers works' (bricklayers, plasterers, painters, glaziers, &c), 'Vaulted and arched roofs', &c. (ESTC T129877).