Record's arithmetick: or, The ground of arts; teaching the perfect work and practice of arithmetick, both in whole numbers and fractions, after a more easie and exact forme then in former time hath been set forth: made by M. Robert Record, D. in physick. Afterward, augmente by M. John Dee. And since enlarged with a third part of rules of practice abridged into a briefer method then hitherto hath been published, with divers necessary rules incident to the trade of merchandise: with tables of the valuation of all coyns, as they are currant at this present time, by John Mellis. And now diligently perused, corrected, illustrated, and inlarged; with an appendix of figurative numbers, and the extraction of their roots, according to the method.

RECORDE, ROBERT (1510?-1558)

Edité par printed by James Flesher, and are to be sold by Robert Boulter, at the Turks-head in Bishopsgate Street, near the Great James, London, 1668

A propos de cet article

[RECORDE, ROBERT, (1510?-1558)]. Record's arithmetick: or, The ground of arts; teaching the perfect work and practice of arithmetick, both in whole numbers and fractions, after a more easie and exact forme then in former time hath been set forth: made by M. Robert Record, D. in physick. Afterward, augmente by M. John Dee. And since enlarged with a third part of rules of practice abridged into a briefer method then hitherto hath been published, with divers necessary rules incident to the trade of merchandise: with tables of the valuation of all coyns, as they are currant at this present time, by John Mellis. And now diligently perused, corrected, illustrated, and inlarged; with an appendix of figurative numbers, and the extraction of their roots, according to the method of Christian Vrstitius: with tables of board and timber measure; and new tables of interest, after 10. 8. and 6. per 100; wit the true value of annuities to be bought or sould present, respited or in reversion: the first calculated by R.C. but corrected, and the latter diligently calculated by R.C. but corrected, and the latter diligently calculated by Ro. Hartwell Philomathemat. London: printed by James Flesher, and are to be sold by Robert Boulter, at the Turks-head in Bishopsgate Street, near the Great James, 1668.

REPRINT. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (16.5 x 11 x 4 cm); pp. [22], 536. Signatures: A-2L? 2M?(-2M8). English text. Bound in contemporary full calf over stiff boards; initial and terminal blanks present; tables and diagrams in the text; head-pieces; decorative initials; printed side-notes; notes"To the reader" at the end signed: Thomas Willsford. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure, the hinges and joints intact. Covers with very light rubbing to the extremities and some trivial staining. Interior showing various light toning, a few intermittent fox spots, and old inking to the endleaves. A scarce complete copy.

Notes: Robert Recorde?s Arithmetic: or, The Ground of Arts was one of the first printed English textbooks on arithmetic and the most popular of its time. The first edition of 1543 was preceded only by two other anonymous mathematical texts in 1537 and 1539. "The third part" was added to the works in 1582. This rare seventeenth century edition of the work was edited and augmented after the author?s death by John Dee, John Mellis, and Robert Hartwell. It was the standard arithmetic textbook of the period, passing through numerous editions until the late 1600s. Dee?s contributions were of a practical nature, being sections on foreign exchange and on foreign weights and measures. This imprint not in ESTC (although it aligns closely with ESTC R33776).

N° de réf. du vendeur MFR1776

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Record's arithmetick: or, The ground of arts; teaching the perfect work and practice of arithmetick, both in whole numbers and fractions, after a more easie and exact forme then in former time hath been set forth: made by M. Robert Record, D. in physick. Afterward, augmente by M. John Dee. And since enlarged with a third part of rules of practice abridged into a briefer method then hitherto hath been published, with divers necessary rules incident to the trade of merchandise: with tables of the...
• Éditeur: printed by James Flesher, and are to be sold by Robert Boulter, at the Turks-head in Bishopsgate Street, near the Great James, London
• Date de parution: 1668
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Assez bon
• Dimensions: 11 L x 16,5 H x 4 P (centimètres) 11 centimètres de largeur par 16,5 centimètres de hauteur par 4 centimètres de profondeur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • 17th Century
  • Non-Fiction
  • Mathematics
  • Academic