WALLIS, John (1616-1703). Opera mathematica . Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1693-1699.
WALLIS, John (1616-1703). Opera mathematica . Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1693-1699. 4 parts in 3 volumes, 2º (320 x 202mm). Half-titles for each work, two different frontispiece author’s portraits in vols I and III, engraved Sheldonian device on main titles, numerous woodcut and engraved illustrations, mainly geometrical, astronomical and of machinery, including one full-page and 2 folding, a few printed music sheets, some Arabic, Hebrew and Greek types, wide margins. (Vols I and II lightly browned; vol. II: lacking portrait and with scattered, mainly marginal spotting; vol. III: occasional faint dampstaining at head of gutter, small wormtrack on some lower margins.) Contemporary English calf blind-panelled, speckled edges, some original fly-leaves retained (rebacked and repaired by Wigmore, front covers of vols I and II nearly or fully detached). Provenance : Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732; monogram stamps on titles, dated 1697) — purchased by the Royal Institution on 16 November 1803 for £2 10s. Comprehensive and accurate edition of the writings of John Wallis, Saville professor at Oxford and early member of the Royal Society. Wallis is credited with the invention of the number line as well as the symbol of infinity and, partially, with the discovery of infinitesimal numbers. He also contributed significantly to the progress of cryptography, calculus, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and physics. The opera includes his mathematical treatises and scholarly correspondence, along with some remarkable critical editions of Ancient Greek works on harmony, music and geometry, including those of Ptolemy, Porphyry and Archimedes, with English translation. Part IV in vol. III gathers Wallis’s essays on English and Latin grammar and some exegetical commentaries. Narcisuss Luttrell was an annalist and book collector whom 'accumulated a valuable collection of contemporary publications, including both political and poetical works' (ODNB). Babson 184; Brunet 1406 (‘collection rechercheé, et aujourd’hui assez rare’); ESTC R219938; Graesse VII 413; Wing W 596-597A.
WALLIS, John (1616-1703). Opera mathematica . Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1693-1699.
WALLIS, John (1616-1703). Opera mathematica . Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1693-1699. 4 parts in 3 volumes, 2º (320 x 202mm). Half-titles for each work, two different frontispiece author’s portraits in vols I and III, engraved Sheldonian device on main titles, numerous woodcut and engraved illustrations, mainly geometrical, astronomical and of machinery, including one full-page and 2 folding, a few printed music sheets, some Arabic, Hebrew and Greek types, wide margins. (Vols I and II lightly browned; vol. II: lacking portrait and with scattered, mainly marginal spotting; vol. III: occasional faint dampstaining at head of gutter, small wormtrack on some lower margins.) Contemporary English calf blind-panelled, speckled edges, some original fly-leaves retained (rebacked and repaired by Wigmore, front covers of vols I and II nearly or fully detached). Provenance : Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732; monogram stamps on titles, dated 1697) — purchased by the Royal Institution on 16 November 1803 for £2 10s. Comprehensive and accurate edition of the writings of John Wallis, Saville professor at Oxford and early member of the Royal Society. Wallis is credited with the invention of the number line as well as the symbol of infinity and, partially, with the discovery of infinitesimal numbers. He also contributed significantly to the progress of cryptography, calculus, algebra, geometry, trigonometry and physics. The opera includes his mathematical treatises and scholarly correspondence, along with some remarkable critical editions of Ancient Greek works on harmony, music and geometry, including those of Ptolemy, Porphyry and Archimedes, with English translation. Part IV in vol. III gathers Wallis’s essays on English and Latin grammar and some exegetical commentaries. Narcisuss Luttrell was an annalist and book collector whom 'accumulated a valuable collection of contemporary publications, including both political and poetical works' (ODNB). Babson 184; Brunet 1406 (‘collection rechercheé, et aujourd’hui assez rare’); ESTC R219938; Graesse VII 413; Wing W 596-597A.
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