TAYLOR, Brook (1685-1731). Methodus Incrementorum Directa & Inversa, London: typis Pearsonianis, apud Gul. Innys, 1715, 4°, FIRST EDITION (title tipped onto front blank, quires A-C pulled and almost detached, some browning and spotting), 19th-century half pigskin (front inner hinges split). [Brunet V, 683: "ouvrage d'un grand mérite"; Honeyman 2968; Norman 2058; Sotheran I, 4762] Provenance: Herbert McLean Evans

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TAYLOR, Brook (1685-1731). Methodus Incrementorum Directa & Inversa, London: typis Pearsonianis, apud Gul. Innys, 1715, 4°, FIRST EDITION (title tipped onto front blank, quires A-C pulled and almost detached, some browning and spotting), 19th-century half pigskin (front inner hinges split). [Brunet V, 683: "ouvrage d'un grand mérite"; Honeyman 2968; Norman 2058; Sotheran I, 4762] Provenance: Herbert McLean Evans

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"The Methodus qualifies Taylor as one of the founders of the calculus of finite differences, and as one of the first to use it in interpolation and in summation of series" (DSB).

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