Book/Printed Material Mathematicall recreations, or, A collection of sundrie problemes extracted out of the ancient and moderne philosophers, as secrets in nature and experiments in arithmeticke, geometrie, cosmographie, horologographie, astronomie, navigation, musicke, opticks, architecture, staticke, machanicks, chimestrie, waterworkes, fireworks, &c. ... Mathematicall recreations / Collection of sundrie problems extracted out of the ancient and moderne philosophers
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- Mathematicall recreations, or, A collection of sundrie problemes extracted out of the ancient and moderne philosophers, as secrets in nature and experiments in arithmeticke, geometrie, cosmographie, horologographie, astronomie, navigation, musicke, opticks, architecture, staticke, machanicks, chimestrie, waterworkes, fireworks, &c. ...
- Other Title
- Mathematicall recreations
- Collection of sundrie problems extracted out of the ancient and moderne philosophers
- Contributor Names
- Etten, Hendrik van.
- Leurechon, Jean, 1591-1670.
- Oughtred, William, 1575-1660.
- McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress)
- Created / Published
- Printed at London : By T. Cotes, for Richard Hawkins ..., 1633.
- Subject Headings
- - Scientific recreations--Early works to 1800
- - Mathematical recreations--Early works to 1800
- Notes
- - Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
- - Added t.p., engraved.
- - Authorship in doubt. Variously attributed to Jean Leurochon, Hendrik van Etten and William Oughtred (to whom is also attributed the translation). Cf. Hall, T. Mathematicall recreations, an exercise in 17th-cent. bibl.
- - First English ed.
- - Signatures: A⁸ *⁸ 2*⁴ B-R⁸ S⁴ T⁸ V⁶.
- - STC (2nd ed.) 10558.5
- - ESTC S108485
- - LC copy imperfect: engraved t.p. wanting. Bookplate of Eugene L. Bulson.
- - Source: Gift of John J. and Hanna M. McManus and Morris N. and Chesley V. Young, Oct. 12, 1955.
- - Formerly shelved under: 4 Rare Books
- - LAC scc 2018-10-11 update (2 cards)
- - LAC kcc 2018-10-18 review
- Medium
- [40], 286 [i.e. 287], [5] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 17 cm. (8vo)
- Call Number/Physical Location
- Q164 .R4313 1633
- Digital Id
- http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/mcmanusyoung.00890.1
- Library of Congress Control Number
- 93100890
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- https://lccn.loc.gov/93100890
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