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WHITEHEAD, Alfred North (1861-1947). A Treatise on Universal Algebra with Applications. Cambridge: University Press, 1898. Volume I (all published).
8o. Original panelled blue cloth, spine gilt-lettered (hinges weak, minor rubbing to spine ends and corners). Provenance: G.G. Harvey (ink stamp on title, edges, pastedowns).
FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. "This lengthy book, begun in 1891 and published in 1898, formed part of that nineteenth-century development sometimes referred to as the 'liberation of algebra' (from restriction to quantities)" (DSB) and as such was an important precursor to Whitehead's mathematical logic. Further volumes never appeared because Whitehead and Bertrand Russell decided to collaborate--their joint continuation became the monumental Principia Mathematica of 1910-13.
[With]:
The Concept of Nature: Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College November 1919. Cambridge: University Press, 1920. 8o. Original cloth. Provenance: C.R. Miles (bookplate and signature on front free endpaper). FIRST EDITION. -- The Principle of Relativity with applications to Physical Science. Cambridge: University Press, 1922. 8o. (Minor spotting to preliminaries). Original cloth. Provenance: Sheffield University Library (bookplate, ink stamp). FIRST EDITION. (3)
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FIRST EDITION of the author's first book. "This lengthy book, begun in 1891 and published in 1898, formed part of that nineteenth-century development sometimes referred to as the 'liberation of algebra' (from restriction to quantities)" (DSB) and as such was an important precursor to Whitehead's mathematical logic. Further volumes never appeared because Whitehead and Bertrand Russell decided to collaborate--their joint continuation became the monumental Principia Mathematica of 1910-13.
[With]:
The Concept of Nature: Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College November 1919. Cambridge: University Press, 1920. 8