1718 MATH 1ed Arithmetica Infinita Scottish Mathematics Finance Tables Economics

1718 MATH 1^ed Arithmetica Infinita Scottish Mathematics Finance Tables Economics

George Brown was a 17^th-century Scottish mathematician best-known for his invention the Rotula Arithmetica, a math tool used to aid in addition. His final book was ‘Arithmetica Infinita’ in which Brown offered a complete set of currency tables showing values fixed by the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

Item number: #26867

Price: $750

BROWN, George

Arithmetica infinita or The accurate accomptant’s best companion contriv’d and calculated

[London/Edinburgh]: Printed for the author anno [1718]. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [2], 14, 126, 10
  • 135 engraved tables
• Language: English
• Provenance:
  • Bookplate – Turner Collection, Library of Keele; Presented by C.W. Turner in 1968
  • Handwritten – David Singmaster, 2001
    • David Breyer Singmaster (1938–2023) was an American-British mathematician who was emeritus professor of mathematics at London South Bank University, England. Singmaster had one of the world’s largest collections of books on recreational mathematics which he had accumulated starting in the late 1970s. In 1996 he reported that the collection contained over 4700 works. He was perhaps most famous for being an early adopter and enthusiastic promoter of the Rubik’s Cube.
  • Handwritten – Bill Kalush, 2001, bought at Sotheby’s sale in 2000
  • Handwritten – Satchwell
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~4in X 5in (10cm x 12.5cm)

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