BURROWS, Isaac (1630-1677, editor). Archimedes opera: Apollonius Pergaei conicorum libri IIII. Theodosii sphaerica: methodo nova illustrata, & succinctè demonstrata, London: G. Godbid, 1675, 3 parts in one volume, 4° (193 x 146mm.), FIRST EDITION, 29 folding engraved tables (some leaves and plates slightly spotted, a few margins soiled, marginal tear to one plate, G2 of the second part torn with slight loss), contemporary speckled calf (rebacked, corners bumped). [Sotheran I, 146; Wing A3621]

Details

BURROWS, Isaac (1630-1677, editor). Archimedes opera: Apollonius Pergaei conicorum libri IIII. Theodosii sphaerica: methodo nova illustrata, & succinctè demonstrata, London: G. Godbid, 1675, 3 parts in one volume, 4° (193 x 146mm.), FIRST EDITION, 29 folding engraved tables (some leaves and plates slightly spotted, a few margins soiled, marginal tear to one plate, G2 of the second part torn with slight loss), contemporary speckled calf (rebacked, corners bumped). [Sotheran I, 146; Wing A3621]

Provenance

Contemporary annotations in the text and to rear endpaper; "Carmichael House 1876, Given me by J.B. Greenshiel(?) of Kewe, W. Anstruther," ownership inscription; The Hon. Wm. Carmichael, Esqr., bookplate.

Lot Essay

Barrow's influential edition of the works of Archimedes, the first to appear in England, also including the first four books of Apollonius's Conics, and the three books of Theodosius's Spherics.

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