BRIGGS, Henry. Arithmetica logarithmica sive logarithmorum chiliades triginta, London: William Jones, 1624, 2°, FIRST EDITION (title and first blank detached, severe but clean tear to C4, upper margin of some leaves dampstained, light spotting and soiling), contemporary calf-backed boards (worn). [Norman 339; STC 3739]

细节

BRIGGS, Henry. Arithmetica logarithmica sive logarithmorum chiliades triginta, London: William Jones, 1624, 2°, FIRST EDITION (title and first blank detached, severe but clean tear to C4, upper margin of some leaves dampstained, light spotting and soiling), contemporary calf-backed boards (worn). [Norman 339; STC 3739]

来源

F. Maseres, inscription to title dated 9 May 1795; bookplate and stamps of the Inner Temple Library.

拍品专文

Norman: "Briggs's Arithmetica logarithmica was the first to publish logarithmic tables based on the decimal system ... the common logarithmic tables currently in use are derived from those of Briggs. Briggs learned of logarithms from their inventor John Napier, with whom he worked on the developement of logarithms during the two years before Napier's death."