WARING, Edward. Meditationes algebraicae, Cambridge: J. Nicholson [and others], 1782. 4° (very lightly spotted), contemporary calf gilt, gilt arms on covers (joints cracked but cords holding, spine lightly worn). Third edition. On. p. 380 is stated the theorem which in every textbook on algebra is now referred to as 'Wilson Theorem'.

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WARING, Edward. Meditationes algebraicae, Cambridge: J. Nicholson [and others], 1782. 4° (very lightly spotted), contemporary calf gilt, gilt arms on covers (joints cracked but cords holding, spine lightly worn). Third edition. On. p. 380 is stated the theorem which in every textbook on algebra is now referred to as 'Wilson Theorem'.

WARING, Edward. Meditationes analyticae, Cambridge: J. Nicholson [and others], 1785. 4°, one folding engraved plate (a few upper margins lightly soiled, occasional light spotting), contemporary calf gilt, gilt arms on covers (front joints cracked but cords still holding, spine worn). Contains a treatment of convergence and divergence and theorems in the summation of series which are remarkable for their time.

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