ROBERTSON, A GENERAL TREATISE OF SUCH MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS... IN A PORTABLE CASE, LONDON, 1747, CONTEMPORARY SHEEP

FIRST EDITION, 8vo (200 x 118mm.), 7 folding engraved plates, contemporary sheep, ruled in gilt, binding slightly worn

bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1998

Tomash & Williams R99; ESTC T92497; Harris 751; Instruments in print 23; Taylor, Hanoverian, 300

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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A history of mathematical and drawing instruments since the Renaissance by the Master of the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital in London. The folding frontispiece depicts a case of instruments made by Thomas Heath, who together with the booksellers J. Hodges and J. Fuller had sponsored publication of the volume.