Shelfmark
Gc.8.21
Author
Ens, Gaspar, ca. 1570 - ? editor.
Title
Thaumaturgus mathematicus, id est, Admirabilium effectorum e mathematicarum disciplinarum fontibus profluentium sylloge. Casparo Ens L. collectore & interprete..
Publication, distribution, etc.
Coloniæ, : Apud Constantinum Münich, Anno 1636..
Physical description
[12], 145, 144-291 [i.e. 295], [13] p. : ill. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
"Based largely on Leurechon's Récréation mathématique, 1626"--NUC pre-1956.
Note
Signatures: *⁶ A-T⁸ V².
Note
Nos. 144-145 repeated in pagination.
Note
Woodcut title vignette, initials, head- and tailpieces, and illustrations.
Provenance
18th-century engraved bookplate of Eton College on verso of title leaf.
Provenance
Inscription of "Albertus Morton" on front free-endpaper. Possibly Sir Albertus Morton (1584?-1625), kinsman of Sir Henry Wotton, at Eton 1596-1602, or his nephew Albert Morton, at Eton 1634-39. See ODNB s.v. Morton, Sir Albertus, and Sterry, Eton College Register, p. 238-9.
Binding
17th or 18th-century speckled sheep binding; blind double-rule borders; rebacked in 20th century; red stained text block edges; no pastedowns.
Copy-specific note
Previous Eton shelfmarks: Ef.8.3, Dd.8.14.
Copy-specific note
Additional previous shelfmark: K.1.
Subject
Récréation mathématique.
Subject
Mathematical recreations Early works to 1800.
Subject
Syllogism Early works to 1800.
Subject
Logic, Symbolic and mathematical Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Münich, Konstantin, ? - 1664 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Morton, Albert. former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Cologne.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B53157