GEOMETRICAL LECTURES: EXPLAINING THE GENERATION, NATURE AND PROPERTIES OF CURVE LINES
London: printed for Stephen Austen, at the Angel and Bible in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, 1735. First Edition in English. Octavo, [2], vi, 309, [3] pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full contemporary calf with worn label on paneled spine. Boards show moderate rubbing and wear with front hinge starting. Text block on thick paper with ink ownership dated 1796 to front pastedown, 'I' pasted to front pastedown, red ink name and small black stamp to front free end page. With all eleven folding plates, Plate II has a large horizontal closed tear. With a final advertisement leaf. SP consignment. Shelved case 3.
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The First English Language translations of Barrow's Lectiones Opticae (1669) and Lectiones Geometricae (1670), being his Cambridge lectures on optics and geometry.
Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed.