DODSON, James (d. 1757). The Anti-Logarithmic Canon. Being a table of numbers, consisting of eleven places of figures ... whereby the logarithm for any number ... are readily found. With precepts and examples ... to which is prefix'd an introduction, London: James Dodson and John Wilcox, 1742. 2° (320 x 195mm). (Ee1 torn at lower margin.) Contemporary speckled calf (rebacked preserving old spine, inner hinges repaired, endpapers renewed). Provenance: Charles Pinney (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST TABLE OF ANTI-LOGARITHMS, Dodson's most important work. Master of the Royal Mathematical School, Christ's Hospital, he prepared the way for the ultimate incorporation of the Equitable Society.