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PLIMPTON, George Arthur. - David Eugene SMITH. Rara Arithmetica. A Catalogue of the Arithmetics written before the Year MDCI with a Description of those in the Library of George Arthur Plimpton of New York. Boston & London, Ginn & Co., 1908.
2 volumes, 8o (238 x 153mm). Titles in red and black. 9 plates, numerous illustrations. Original vellum, upper covers and spines elaborately blocked in gilt, top edges gilt, both volumes in a single red cloth slipcase.
Special edition limited to 151 numbered copies, all on English handmade paper, printed and bound by The Athenaeum Press, Cambridge, Mass. This catalogue is still an excellent reference work for the early arithmetical literature before 1600; a separate section describes early MSS from 1300 onwards. Plimpton's collection of educational materials was presented to Teachers College, Columbia University. (2)
2 volumes, 8
Special edition limited to 151 numbered copies, all on English handmade paper, printed and bound by The Athenaeum Press, Cambridge, Mass. This catalogue is still an excellent reference work for the early arithmetical literature before 1600; a separate section describes early MSS from 1300 onwards. Plimpton's collection of educational materials was presented to Teachers College, Columbia University. (2)