Neue und erweitterte sammlung logarithmischer, trigonometricher und anderer zum gebrauch der mathematik unentbehrlicher tafeln
by SCHULZE, Johann Carl
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Berlin: August Mylius, 1778. [4], viii, [12], 260, [48], 320pp. Parallel German and French text. Contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, all edges red. Rubbed, a trifle marked, corners exposed. Marbled endpapers, recent book-label of Erwin Tomash to FEP. The first edition of German mathematician Johann Carl Schulze's (1749-1790) useful logarithmic and trigonometric tables. From the recently dispersed library of Erwin Tomash (1921-2012), American engineer recognised for his early pioneering work with computer equipment peripherals. His library consisted of over 3,000 books and manuscripts relevant to the history of computation, from medieval and renaissance works on arithmetic, finger-reckoning and the abacus, to the birth in the twentieth century of theoretical and practical computer science under Alan Turing. Tomash S 65.. First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ22504
- Title
- Neue und erweitterte sammlung logarithmischer, trigonometricher und anderer zum gebrauch der mathematik unentbehrlicher tafeln
- Author
- SCHULZE, Johann Carl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- August Mylius
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- 1778
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Mathematics
Terms of Sale
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Wareham, Dorset
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