The Augustus De Morgan Collection, Part 1: Pre-1600 Rare Books Collection
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Title:
The whetstone of witte ::whiche is the seconde parte of Arithmetike, containyng thextraction [sic] of rootes, the cossike practise, with the rule of equation, and the woorkes of surde nombers.
Creator:
Record, Robert,1510?-1558.
- De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871,former owner.
- Kingston, John,fl. 1553-ca. 1584,printer.
- Record, Robert,1510?-1558.Ground of artes.
- De Morgan, Augustus,1806-1871,former owner.
- Kingston, John,fl. 1553-ca. 1584,printer.
- Record, Robert,1510?-1558.Ground of artes.
Date:
1557
Date in Source:
anno Domini 1557]
Imprint:
[Imprynted at London : By Ihon Kyngstone,
Language:
English
Format:
[336] p., [2] folded leaves of plates :ill. ;20 cm. (4to)
Reference:
STC (2nd ed.) 20820
Note:
- "These bookes are to bee solde, at the Weste doore of Poules, by Ihon Kyngstone.".
- Author's name appears in dedication as "Robert Recorde".
- Imprint from colophon.
- Signatures: a-b[sup]4 A-2R[sup]4.
- ULL copy is from the library of Augustus De Morgan.
- ULL copy is bound in calf with gilt centrepiece and cornerpieces on upper and lower boards. Initials "R.P." around centrepieces. Two holes at edge of each board for ties. Conservation record no 751
- In ULL copy, the folded tables are taken from De Morgan's bomb-damaged copy.
- ULL copy is bound with Recorde's Pathwaie to knowledge (1574) and Blagrave's Use of a staffe (1590). List of contents [in De Morgan's hand?] on front flyleaf. Note on front flyleaf: "pret & fol. Apr. 22 1635".
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004409286_MOR1-b20802882
- "These bookes are to bee solde, at the Weste doore of Poules, by Ihon Kyngstone.".
- Author's name appears in dedication as "Robert Recorde".
- Imprint from colophon.
- Signatures: a-b[sup]4 A-2R[sup]4.
- ULL copy is from the library of Augustus De Morgan.
- ULL copy is bound in calf with gilt centrepiece and cornerpieces on upper and lower boards. Initials "R.P." around centrepieces. Two holes at edge of each board for ties. Conservation record no 751
- In ULL copy, the folded tables are taken from De Morgan's bomb-damaged copy.
- ULL copy is bound with Recorde's Pathwaie to knowledge (1574) and Blagrave's Use of a staffe (1590). List of contents [in De Morgan's hand?] on front flyleaf. Note on front flyleaf: "pret & fol. Apr. 22 1635".
- DOI: 10.1163/9789004409286_MOR1-b20802882
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