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WOLFF, CHRISTIAN, Freiherr von.
Elementa matheseos universae . . . edi-
tio nova, priori multo auctior et correctior.
164 folding engraved plates. xxiv, 526;
viii, 396, [2]; vii, [1], 581, [1]; viii, 374, [2]; [8], 501 pages, including errata leaf at end of
Volumes 2 and 4. 5 volumes. 4to, 246x202 mm, contemporary vellum boards, somewhat
soiled, spines darkened; occasional browning, scattered soiling and stains, some early mar-
ginalia; marbled edges;
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4
morocco slipcases. Stamps of the Cologne Gymnasium on titles;
signatures of E. F. August dated 1822-23; bookplates of Robert Honeyman IV (lot 3135 in
his sale, 20 May 1981).
Geneva: Marc-Michel Bousquet, 1732-41
[800/1,200]
Later edition of the 1713 Latin version of Wolff’s 1710 Anfangsgründe aller mathematischen
Wissenschaften, a textbook encompassing the elements of mathematics, arithmetic, geometry,
trigonometry, mechanics, statics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, optics, perspective, catoptrics, astronomy,
geography, hydrography, chronology, gnomonics, pyrotechnics, and military and civil architecture.
The fifth volume contains a survey of historical mathematical literature, a guide to the teaching
of mathematical disciplines, and indexes. DSB XIV, 483; Houzeau & Lancaster 9344.
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WRIGHT, ROBERT.
New and Correct Tables of the Lunar Motion
according to the Newtonian Theory.
viii, 24, [2], 25-100 pages, including errata leaf.
4to, 197x157 mm, disbound; some offsetting of contents.
Manchester: R. Whitworth for the Author,
and sold in London by Messieurs Page and Mount et al., 1732
[300/500]
FIRST EDITION
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“The author bases his studies on Newton’s Theory of the Moon, and, after cor-
recting errors in previous tables and presenting an instrument which is an improvement on previous
quadrants, offers a method for finding the longitude accurately”—Babson 399.Wallis 172.1.
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