LEADBETTER, Charles. The Royal Gauger; or, Gauging made perfectly Easy, as it is actually practised by the Officers of His Majesty's Revenue of Excise . London: for E. Wicksteed, 1755. 8°. 7 folding engraved plates, 2 partly hand-coloured (some staining and spotting). Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (rebacked). Provenance : Ellen Dakin (19th-century signature on title) -- From the Library of John Jackson (1793-1875) of Academy Place, Warrington (bookplate). Fourth edition. BROWN, George (1650-1730). Arithmetica infinita or the Accurate Accomptant's Best Companion . [Edinburgh]: for the author, 1718. Oblong 12°. ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT save for a letterpress commendatory letter to the author from John Keill bound between the engraved portrait and the title (top line on one leaf cropped and a few signatures shaved or cropped). Later 18th-century sheep gilt (rebacked, slightly worn, covers becoming loose). Provenance : From the Library of John Jackson (1793-1875) of Academy Place, Warrington (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. And 7 others similar. (9)
LEADBETTER, Charles. The Royal Gauger; or, Gauging made perfectly Easy, as it is actually practised by the Officers of His Majesty's Revenue of Excise . London: for E. Wicksteed, 1755. 8°. 7 folding engraved plates, 2 partly hand-coloured (some staining and spotting). Contemporary sprinkled calf gilt (rebacked). Provenance : Ellen Dakin (19th-century signature on title) -- From the Library of John Jackson (1793-1875) of Academy Place, Warrington (bookplate). Fourth edition. BROWN, George (1650-1730). Arithmetica infinita or the Accurate Accomptant's Best Companion . [Edinburgh]: for the author, 1718. Oblong 12°. ENGRAVED THROUGHOUT save for a letterpress commendatory letter to the author from John Keill bound between the engraved portrait and the title (top line on one leaf cropped and a few signatures shaved or cropped). Later 18th-century sheep gilt (rebacked, slightly worn, covers becoming loose). Provenance : From the Library of John Jackson (1793-1875) of Academy Place, Warrington (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. And 7 others similar. (9)
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