Arithmetical recreations, or, Enchiridion of arithmetical questions : both delightful and profitable : all of them performed without algebra : with several arithmetical problems, and their answers : also, divers subtile contracts or agreements : a discourse concerning the harmony of numbers, and variety of numbers, and variety of compendiums in the several rules of arithmetick / by Will. Leybourn, philomathemat.
1676
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Title
Arithmetical recreations, or, Enchiridion of arithmetical questions : both delightful and profitable : all of them performed without algebra : with several arithmetical problems, and their answers : also, divers subtile contracts or agreements : a discourse concerning the harmony of numbers, and variety of numbers, and variety of compendiums in the several rules of arithmetick / by Will. Leybourn, philomathemat.
Uniform title
Arithmetical recreations
Edition
The second edition, corrected, and very much enlarged / by the author.
Created/published
London : Printed for Hen. Brome, at the Gun at the west-end of St. Paul's, 1676.
Description
[12], 108, 107-130, 133-191, [1] p. ; 13 cm (12mo)
Associated name
Leybourn, William, 1626-1716, author.
Brome, Henry, bookseller.
Wotton, Tho. (Thomas), active 17th century?, former owner.
Marwell, William, active 1692, former owner.
Young, Tho. (Thomas), active 17th century?, former owner.
Tomash, Erwin, former owner.
Brome, Henry, bookseller.
Wotton, Tho. (Thomas), active 17th century?, former owner.
Marwell, William, active 1692, former owner.
Young, Tho. (Thomas), active 17th century?, former owner.
Tomash, Erwin, former owner.
Note
Signatures: A-H¹² I⁶.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R259
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.) L1898
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.) L1898
Genre/form
Riddles (documents)
Prices (Provenance)
Prices (Provenance)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
270- 336q
Folger-specific note
In manuscript in early hands: Tho. Wotton; William Marwell his book a[u]gust [the] 10 day 92; Tho. Young his booke rest him. Lists of manuscript prices, calculations; a couple of manuscript corrections in the text. Bottom portion of first fly-leaf (detached paste-down?) torn away; manuscript text just above reads "Ma amoure." Booklabel: Erwin Tomash. In an early leather (sheep) inboard binding. Acquired from Sotheby's auction of The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing (part 1, lot 361), 2018-09-18/19.
Folger accession
270336