Gaming Probability.- Moivre (Abraham de) The Doctrine of Chances; or, a Method...
Gaming Probability.- Moivre (Abraham de) The Doctrine of Chances; or, a Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play, second edition, with a final table of contents and errata f., woodcut title-vignette, ornaments and initials, engraved head and tail-piece (a little offset), tables, some full-page, with blank f. at end of preliminaries, title mounted on stub and with browning to head, small water-stain to head of title and some ff., occasional light spotting or surface soiling, later half red calf, paper label to upper cover, minor rubbing to extremities, [ESTC T33064; Kress 4395], 4to, for the Author, by H. Woodfall, 1738.
*** Important work on probability by a friend of Newton's, greatly expanded from the first edition published in 1718.
ESTC records two variants of the second edition: one numbering 258pp. with a final Table of Contents & errata f. (as in this copy), the other 256pp. (ESTC N6410).
Provenance: The Leeds Library. All of the books have library stamps and markings, most are in library bindings.
Title: The Doctrine of Chances; or, a Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play
Printer: for the Author, by H. Woodfall
Interest: Gaming Probability
Additional Info: second edition
Authors Name: Abraham de Moivre
Date of Publication: 1738
Authors First Name: Abraham de
Authors Surname: Moivre
Condition Report
Gaming Probability.- Moivre (Abraham de) The Doctrine of Chances; or, a Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play, second edition, with a final table of contents and errata f., woodcut title-vignette, ornaments and initials, engraved head and tail-piece (a little offset), tables, some full-page, with blank f. at end of preliminaries, title mounted on stub and with browning to head, small water-stain to head of title and some ff., occasional light spotting or surface soiling, later half red calf, paper label to upper cover, minor rubbing to extremities, [ESTC T33064; Kress 4395], 4to, for the Author, by H. Woodfall, 1738.
*** Important work on probability by a friend of Newton's, greatly expanded from the first edition published in 1718.
ESTC records two variants of the second edition: one numbering 258pp. with a final Table of Contents & errata f. (as in this copy), the other 256pp. (ESTC N6410).
Provenance: The Leeds Library. All of the books have library stamps and markings, most are in library bindings.
Title: The Doctrine of Chances; or, a Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play
Printer: for the Author, by H. Woodfall
Interest: Gaming Probability
Additional Info: second edition
Authors Name: Abraham de Moivre
Date of Publication: 1738
Authors First Name: Abraham de
Authors Surname: Moivre
Condition Report
