1690 ENGLISH Astronomy & Geometry Math Tables Tycho Planets ZODIAC 1ed Leybourn

1690 ENGLISH Astronomy & Geometry Math Tables Tycho Planets ZODIAC 1^ed Leybourn

William Leybourn was a 17^th-century scholar known for his studies in math, military, commerce and trade, and land surveying. Perhaps his most important and best work was “Cursus Mathematicus” – an extensive survey of mathematics and astronomy written as an encyclopedic work covering important and notable topics including:

• Studies of the latitude of the moon according to Tycho Brahe
• Theories of the planets
• Making, reading, and using projective dials
• Extensive studies into the 12 Zodiac signs; solar and constellation calendars
• Doctrines on spherical triangles, scales and compass
• Tangents and logarithms
• Constructing a decimal table for use of longitude and latitude determination

Item number: #27859

Price: $1500

LEYBOURN, William

[Cursus Mathematius. Mathematical Sciences, in Nine books. Books V-IX.]

London: [Printed for Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke, Thomas Sawbridge, Awnsham and John Churchill]. (1690). First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages;
  • Book V – [2], 482-526 leaves
  • Book VI – [4], 547-601, [1]
  • Book VII – [2], 605-655, [1]; 656-694 leaves
  • Book VIII – [2], 698-724 leaves
  • Book IX – [2], 731-904, [92]
  • 20 folding and full-page engravings throughout
  • Each section with separate title page
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
  • Cloth
• Size: ~13in X 8.25in (33cm x 21cm)
• VERY RARE and desirable

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