Rara Arithmetica: A Catalogue of the Arithmetics written before the Year MDCI with a Descripti + Addenda to Rara Arithmetica which described in 1908 such European Arithmetics 1601 as were then in the library of the late George Arthur Plimpton. + Addenda
by Smith, David Eugene
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Boston & London: Ginn & Co, 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A good set of the main book + Addenda. Bound in original black boards with paper spine label. + the Addenda in paperback. 507pp + 52pp. A very good clean set but both have a small "University of Salford" label (stamped withdrawn) to inside front covers and possession stamp reverse of tp, otherwise clean and unmarked. George Plimpton, a New York educational publisher, was a determined and serious collector of Americana and early textbooks.With his academic collaborator, David Plimpton had an unparalleled collection of European and American mathematical texts, leading to the production of this important bibliographical work, which provides full descriptions with useful annotations and facsimiles..
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- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Rara Arithmetica: A Catalogue of the Arithmetics written before the Year MDCI with a Descripti + Addenda to Rara Arithmetica which described in 1908 such European Arithmetics 1601 as were then in the library of the late George Arthur Plimpton. + Addenda
- Author
- Smith, David Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ginn & Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston & London
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Arithmetic Bibliography Books Collecting
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Technology & Engineering; Bibliography;
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