The Augustus De Morgan Collection, Part 2: Mathematics General Collection
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Title:
The pathway to knowledge ::conteyning certaine briefe tables of English waights, and measures, with the proportions, kindes, and numbers belonging properly vnto the same. How to cast accompt with counters, and with pen, both in whole, and broken numbers. With the rules of cossicke, surd, binomicall, & residuall numbers, and the rule of equation, or of algebere ... Whereunto is annexed a most excellent inuention of Iulius Caesar Patauinus, for the buying and selling of all kinde of marchandise. And lastly the order of keeping of a marchants booke, after the Italian manner, by debitor and creditor ... Together with a table... /
Creator:
Petri, Nicolaus,d. 1602.
- Phillip, William.
- Jeffes, Abel,fl. 1583-1599,printer.
- Barley, William,d. 1614,publisher.
- De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871,former owner.
- Phillip, William.
- Jeffes, Abel,fl. 1583-1599,printer.
- Barley, William,d. 1614,publisher.
- De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871,former owner.
Date:
1596
Date in Source:
1596.
Imprint:
Printed at London : [By Abel Jeffes and others] for William Barley, and are to be sould at his shop at the vpper end of Gratious street,
Language:
English
Subject:
Arithmetic - Early works to 1800.
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Algebra - Early works to 1800.
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Weights and measures - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
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Bookkeeping - Early works to 1800.
Format:
[260] p., [1] leaf of plates :ill. ;20 cm. (4to)
Reference:
- ESTC S114577
- STC (2nd ed.) 19799
- Goldsmiths' Lib. cat., 276
- ESTC S114577
- STC (2nd ed.) 19799
- Goldsmiths' Lib. cat., 276
Note:
- A translation of: Petri, Nicolaus. Practique om te leeren reeckenen, cypheren ende boeckhouwen.
- W.P. = William Phillip.
- Printer's name from STC addendum.
- The folded leaf is signed "C".
- "Finis" on X4r.
- Entered to T. Nelson 31 May 1592.
- ULL copy is from the library of Augustus De Morgan, with his notes, partly torn, on front flyleaves, 28 June 1843 - 29 Dec. 1845.
- All pages of ULL copy have been mounted.
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004409286_MOR1r2-b20800393
- A translation of: Petri, Nicolaus. Practique om te leeren reeckenen, cypheren ende boeckhouwen.
- W.P. = William Phillip.
- Printer's name from STC addendum.
- The folded leaf is signed "C".
- "Finis" on X4r.
- Entered to T. Nelson 31 May 1592.
- ULL copy is from the library of Augustus De Morgan, with his notes, partly torn, on front flyleaves, 28 June 1843 - 29 Dec. 1845.
- All pages of ULL copy have been mounted.
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004409286_MOR1r2-b20800393
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