Title: De Arte Logistica Author: Napier, John Place: Edinburgh Publisher: Impressum Edinburgi Date: 1839 Description: xciv, [2], 162 pp. Frontispiece portrait and one plate. (4to) 26.5x20.5 cm (10½x8") later half morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Napier (1550-1617) is best known as the discoverer of logarithms. He also invented the so-called "Napier's bones" and made common the use of the decimal point in arithmetic and mathematics. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear and fading to binding, bookplate; very good. Item number: 295372b
Title: De Arte Logistica Author: Napier, John Place: Edinburgh Publisher: Impressum Edinburgi Date: 1839 Description: xciv, [2], 162 pp. Frontispiece portrait and one plate. (4to) 26.5x20.5 cm (10½x8") later half morocco and cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Napier (1550-1617) is best known as the discoverer of logarithms. He also invented the so-called "Napier's bones" and made common the use of the decimal point in arithmetic and mathematics. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear and fading to binding, bookplate; very good. Item number: 295372b
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