New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1996. Portrait frontispiece, some photographic illustrations and diagrams. xi, 147 pages. Slim 12mo, dark green boards, d.w. New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, (1996). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Warsaw: Wolna Wszechnica Polska, 1939. 114pp printed on thin coated paper. Tall thin 8vo, original cloth-backed printed boards (edges darkened; neatly inked signature on front endpaper, else a near fine copy). Warszawa: Wolna Wszechnica Polska, 1939. First edition. Very good. Scarce. Bibliotheca Universitatis Liberae Polonae - Seria B, Nr. 8(31). More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1875. [6], 851pp. Thick 4to, bound in older 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards (well-worn at extremities but sound; pages lightly and uniformily toned). Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1875. Seconde edition, conforme a la premiere. A very good copy. More
Oxford: Clarendon, 1940. Illustrated throughout with mathematical formulae. xviii, 451pp. Thick 8vo, gilt-lettered blue cloth. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940. First Edition. Occasional small penciled annotatopns, otherwise very good (+) copy. The first of his three books on the history of mathematics. With extensive bibliography. More
London: Baldwin, 1818. Illustrated throughout, 168pp., slim 12mo, original publisher's calf-backed boards, printed paper label on front cover; (edges rubbed, lacks front free endpaper). London: Baldwin, Cradock, 1818. Very good (+). No copy located in British Museum Catalogue. More
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1917. Tall 8vo, rebound with the original blue wrappers bound in. 1/2 brown morocco (spine worn), marbled boards. Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1917. First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
New York: Wiley, 1835. 31 folding plates. 174 pages, slim 8vo, full calf, rubbed with 2 small chips on spine. New York: Wiley, 1835. Second Edition. Light foxing, still a very good copy. More
Paris: Chez Durand & Pissot, 1748. Engraved vignette by N. Blakey on title and 7 folding copperplates (water stain in corner of plates 6 & 7). [12], 243 pages. 8vo, full contemporary leather gilt spine; rubbed, front hinge mended. Paris: Chez Durand & Pissot, 1748. First edition. A very good copy. An interesting collection with 5 sections: Principes Generaux d'Acoustique, La Developante du Circle, La Tension des Cordes, Projet d'un Nouvel Orgue, La Resistance de l'Air. -- Wolffheim I, 594..... More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. 319 pages. 4to, brown cloth, d.w. Ithaca: Cornell UP, (1991). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Presentation copy, signed by Edgerton. More
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout. 319 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers, just a bit edgeworn and with gentle spine crease. Ithaca: Cornell UP, (1993). Second printing. A very good copy. More
New York: Abradale, 1984. 184 illustrations, including 8 plates in full color. 151 pages. Slim 4to, brown cloth, slightly sunned d.w. New York: Abradale/Abams, (1984). Reprint. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Alexandria: Art Services International, 1991. With b/w and color illustrations throughout. 92 pages. Slim 4to, pictorial wrappers. Alexandria: Art Services International, 1991. A near fine copy, light sunning to rear cover. More
London: Edward Arnold, 1947. 407 pages. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. London: Edward Arnold & Co., (1947). Second printing of the 4th edition. Some very light pencil underlining, else a near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: University Press, 1930. 124 pages small slim 8vo, light blue cloth, spine faded and worn at ends. Cambridge: University Press, 1930. A very good copy, internally clean. More
Leipzig: Teubner, 1899. Festschrift zur Feier der Enthullung des Gauss-Weber-Denkmals in Gottingen. Herausgegeben von dem Fest-Comitee. I Theil. Mit 50 in den text gedruckten figuren. [2], 92pp. Short slim 4to, bound in older cloth-backed marbled boards (spine chipped at head; ex-library plate inside cover and 2 small stamps on title, otherwise quite clean). Leipzig: Verlag von B.G. Teubner, 1899. Rare first edition. A very good copy of this scarce book - one of the most influential mathematical publications of the..... More
Thin 8vo pamphlet [2], 75 pages. Rebound in new patterned wrappers (some tiny holes in the gutter from previous sewing are visible, else very clean). Leipzig: B.G. Teubner, 1900. A very good copy. More
Bern: Benteli, 1964. Beitrag zur Analyse der Malerischen Elemente. Mit einer Einfuhrung von Max Bill. Illustrated in b/w with 103 in-text figures and 25 plates. 211pp. Thin 8vo, original printed wrappers and glassine overwrap. Bern-Bumpliz: Benteli-Verlag, 1964. 5th printing. A fine copy, with the small ownership signature of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
Paris: Jombert, 1744. Copper engraved title page vignette by Cochin, 2 head and tail pieces by Cochin and 45 engraved fold out plates, 10 by Cochin and 35 by Chedel. xvi, 231, 1pp. + 8 page catalogue of Jombert. 8vo, original mottled calf, spine chipped and very worn. Paris: Ch. A. Jombert, 1744. A very good clean copy in a worn binding. This book reproduces the Le Clerc(1637-1714) plates which were geometric designs placed above charming vignette landscapes or genre..... More
Paris: Pierre Mortier, 1691. Ou par une methode nouvelle & singuiliere l'on peut avec facilite & en peu de temps se perfectionner en cette science. Illustrated with 82 finely engraved copper plates, including the extra illustrated title. [8], 185, [7]pp. Short 8vo, contemporary calf, handsomely rebacked in similar style leather with raised bands and black label. Paris (et se vend a Amsterdam): Pierre Mortier, 1691. An early edition, handsomely printed with clean pages. A beautiful practical geometry written and illustrated..... More
New York: Abrams, 1971. 300 illustrations, including 8 plates in full color. 270pp. 4to, green cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, cloth covers slightly warped. New York: Abrams, (1984). More
San Francisco: Freeman, 1977. Illustrated. xvi + 365 pages. 8vo, silver-lettered blue cloth; lightly rubbed. San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, (1977). First edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann, 1950. 2 volumes - Text and Plates. xii, 538; xxiipp of text in German. Illustrated with 34 drawings and 297 photographic plates, many showing multiple pieces. Thick 8vos, original gray cloth, neatly re-backed in plain blue cloth. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, (1950). First edition. Pages uniformly toned, otherwise a very good(+) solid copy, with ownership signatures of art historian Meyer Schapiro. More
Pelham: Bridgman, 1928. Illustrated with 39 b/w plates of ornament designs. 61 pages. Slim 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. Pelham: Bridgman, (1928). First edition. A very good(+) copy with light dust soiling to cloth, previous owner name and label on endpaper; in a good dust wrapper, tattered and sunned with chipping to spine ends and rear panel. More
New York: Norton, 2001. Illustrated in color and b/w throughout. 320 pages. Folio, patterned cloth, d.w. New York: Norton, (2001). First edition. A near fine copy with previous owner label on front endpaper; in a lightly scuffed very good(+) dust wrapper. More
New York: Norton, 2001. Illustrated in color and b/w throughout. 320 pages. Folio, patterned cloth, d.w. New York: Norton, (2001). First edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. More
I have received it here in Australia and am very pleased with the book.
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