MacLaurin (Colin) A Treatise of Fluxions, 2 vol.,...
MacLaurin (Colin)
A Treatise of Fluxions, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title in vol. 1, 41 folding engraved plates, the first cut up and the figs. pasted to the margins of the relevant pp., some spotting and staining, large calligraphic ownership entries on verso of titles of James Boone, junior, extensive annotation in his elegant hand to margins of pp. 544-550 in vol. 2, name of Edward Wilson, July 1, 1878 also on title versos, with one or two marginal notes, and a 5-page manuscript 'Table of Contents' tipped-in, long newspaper cuttings pasted to vol. 1 front free endpaper, name stamps of Frederick E. Powell on pastedowns, half-title and vol. 2 fly-leaf, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked, corners restored, first few ff. in both vol. tipped-in, 4to, Edinburgh, T.W. & T. Ruddimans, 1742.
*** The first textbook on Newtonian calculus."The earliest logical and systematic publication of the Newtonian methods. It stood as a model of rigor until the appearance of Cauchy's Cours d'Analyse in 1821" (DSB).
Provenance: James Boone, Junior (1743-95), member of a prominent Quaker family from Exeter, Pennsylvania, a schoolmaster and mathematician, a keen Newtonian and a friend of Benjamin Franklin.
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MacLaurin (Colin)
A Treatise of Fluxions, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-title in vol. 1, 41 folding engraved plates, the first cut up and the figs. pasted to the margins of the relevant pp., some spotting and staining, large calligraphic ownership entries on verso of titles of James Boone, junior, extensive annotation in his elegant hand to margins of pp. 544-550 in vol. 2, name of Edward Wilson, July 1, 1878 also on title versos, with one or two marginal notes, and a 5-page manuscript 'Table of Contents' tipped-in, long newspaper cuttings pasted to vol. 1 front free endpaper, name stamps of Frederick E. Powell on pastedowns, half-title and vol. 2 fly-leaf, contemporary calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked, corners restored, first few ff. in both vol. tipped-in, 4to, Edinburgh, T.W. & T. Ruddimans, 1742.
*** The first textbook on Newtonian calculus."The earliest logical and systematic publication of the Newtonian methods. It stood as a model of rigor until the appearance of Cauchy's Cours d'Analyse in 1821" (DSB).
Provenance: James Boone, Junior (1743-95), member of a prominent Quaker family from Exeter, Pennsylvania, a schoolmaster and mathematician, a keen Newtonian and a friend of Benjamin Franklin.
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