HAYES, Charles (1678-1760). A Treatise of Fluxions, London: printed by Edw. Midwinter, for Dan. Midwinter & Tho. Leigh, 1704, 2° (319 x 98mm.), FIRST EDITION, numerous woodcut illustrations, one plate tipped in to verso of a1 (title lightly soiled), contemporary panelled calf (restored, small stain to front cover), sprinkled edges. [Babson 175; Norman 1026; Sotheran I, 1827; Wallis 255.8; Wallis British Mathematics 14].

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HAYES, Charles (1678-1760). A Treatise of Fluxions, London: printed by Edw. Midwinter, for Dan. Midwinter & Tho. Leigh, 1704, 2° (319 x 98mm.), FIRST EDITION, numerous woodcut illustrations, one plate tipped in to verso of a1 (title lightly soiled), contemporary panelled calf (restored, small stain to front cover), sprinkled edges. [Babson 175; Norman 1026; Sotheran I, 1827; Wallis 255.8; Wallis British Mathematics 14].

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John Wilkes, early ownership inscription to pastedown.

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The first major work in English on Newton's fluxional calculus. "A remarkable work for its time ... much more up-to-date than Newton's De quadratura curvarum." (D.T. Whitside)

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