Shelfmark
Gn.6.28(01)
Author
Uniform title
[Clavis mathematicae]
Title
Arithmeticæ in numeris et speciebus institutio: quæ tum logisticæ, tum analyticæ, atque adeo totius mathematicæ, quasi clavis est. Ad nobilissimum spectatissimumque iuvenem Dn. Guilelmum Hovvard, Ordinis, qui dicitur, Balnei Equitem, honoratissimi Dn. Thomæ, Comitis Arundeliæ & Surriæ, Comitis Mareschalli Angliæ, &c. filium.
Varying form of title
Arithmeticae in numeris et speciebus institutio
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini, : Apud Thomam Harperum. , M.DC.XXXI. [1631]
Physical description
[8], 88 p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
Dedication signed: Guilelmus Oughtred.
Note
Running title reads: Clavis mathematicæ.
Note
Decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. Tables and diagrams.
Note
Signatures: A⁴ B-F⁸ G⁴.
Citation/references note
STC (2nd ed.) 18898.
Citation/references note
ESTC, S110220
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College, undated, with college crest on A1 verso.
Provenance
Ms. note on title page: "Eton: Coll:".
Binding
Sammelband. ?17th-century laced-case vellum binding. Covers undecorated. Spine undecorated with three sewing stations and modern ECL shelf label, mostly faded. Textblock trimmed. Endpapers of undecorated laid paper.
Copy-specific note
Former ECL shelfmarks: Gb.8.16, Gb.7.25, X.3.7, Df.8.3, Fc.7.3.
Copy-specific note
Bound with another item, shelfmark Gn.6.28(02): Tractatus physico-medicus.
Subject
Arithmetic Early works to 1900.
Added entry--name
Harper, Thomas, ? - -1656 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50902