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BRIGGS, Henry (1561-1631). Arithmetica Logarithmica sive logarithmorum chiliades triginta, pro numeris naturali serie crescentibus ab unitate ad 20,000: et a 90,000 ad 100,000. London: William Jones, 1624.
2o (325 x 200 mm). Without the very rare 6 extra leaves found in some copies. Woodcut diagrams in text. Contemporary calf (rebacked); cloth folding case.
Provenance: C. Mason (signature on title, apparently not the astronomer); deaccession stamp on front free endpaper (signed by librarian and dated 1908); E.N. de C. Andrade (bookplate).
FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the first large table of decimal logarithms, and the work from which modern tables descend. "Briggs learned of logarithms from their inventor John Napier, with whom he worked on the development of logarithms during the two years before Napier's death" (Norman). The first part is a dissertation on the nature and use of logarithms, and includes a description of the parts taken by Napier and Briggs in developing them. The second part consists of tables of 30,000 logarithms from 1-20,000 and 90,000-100,000. STC 3739; Norman 339.
2o (325 x 200 mm). Without the very rare 6 extra leaves found in some copies. Woodcut diagrams in text. Contemporary calf (rebacked); cloth folding case.
Provenance: C. Mason (signature on title, apparently not the astronomer); deaccession stamp on front free endpaper (signed by librarian and dated 1908); E.N. de C. Andrade (bookplate).
FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION of the first large table of decimal logarithms, and the work from which modern tables descend. "Briggs learned of logarithms from their inventor John Napier, with whom he worked on the development of logarithms during the two years before Napier's death" (Norman). The first part is a dissertation on the nature and use of logarithms, and includes a description of the parts taken by Napier and Briggs in developing them. The second part consists of tables of 30,000 logarithms from 1-20,000 and 90,000-100,000. STC 3739; Norman 339.