Stone (Edmund) A New Mathematical Dictionary, first edition, J. Senex and others, 1726.

Stone (Edmund) A New Mathematical Dictionary, first edition, woodcut initial, head-piece and diagrams, errata f., 2pp. advertisements, bookplate to pastedown and endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed, [Tomash & Williams S201], 8vo, J. Senex and others, 1726.

⁂ Rare. The self-taught Stone became a member of the Royal Society in 1728, his Mathematical Dictionary would run through a number of editions and was used as a source by Johnson in compiling his Dictionary of the English Language.

Provenance: James Rigg; Turner Collection, Keele University (bookplates)