Shelfmark
Gb.5.30
Author
Wells, Edward, 1667 - 1727 author.
Title
Elementa arithmeticæ numerosæ et speciosæ. : In usum juventutis academicæ.
Varying form of title
Other title: Elementa arithmeticae
Publication, distribution, etc.
Oxoniæ, : E theatro Sheldoniano, An. Dom. MDCXCVIII. [1698]
Physical description
[12], 219, [1] pages : tables ; 20 cm. (8vo.)
Note
Dedication signed: Edward Wells.
Note
The first leaf is blank.
Note
Signatures: pi² a⁴ A-2D⁴ 2E².
Note
With an imprimatur on pi2v: "Imprimatur, Joh. Meare Mart. 31. 1698. Vice-Can. Oxon.".
Citation/references note
ESTC, R38961
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), W1286
Provenance
Inscription in pencil on rear pastedown: Edward Edlin. Probably Edward Edlin admitted to King's College Cambridge from Eton, 1697, Fellow of King's between 1701 and 1715. See Venn, Alumni Cantabrigiensis.
Provenance
Booklabel recording bequest to Eton College by Nicholas Mann in 1754. Inscription on rear flyleaf: N Mann Coll. Regal. 1707. Inscription on front flyleaf: Coll. Reg. alumnus. 1699.
Binding
Eighteenth-century light brown calf; blind tooled triple and double fillet frames, with blind tooled arabesque cornerpieces and fleurons; gold tooled foliage roll on board edges; blind tooled double fillet on spine; black stained compartment in imitation of a black morocco spine label, with title painted in gold; four raised bands; endbands; blue and red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Pencil notes, possibly juvenile, on rear endpaper.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark: Dg.8.22.
Subject
Arithmetic Early works to 1900.
Subject
Arithmetic functions Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Croke, John, fl. 1675 - 1698 printer.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--name
Edlin, Edward, 1679 - 1760 former owner.
Added entry--name
Sheldonian Theatre printer.
Added entry--place
England Oxford.
Identifier
B47348