THOMAS BAZLEY'S COPY
Mathematical tables: containing common, hyperbolic, and logistic logarithms...
London.
Printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, and R. Baldwin, 1794.
Second edition.
8vo.
xii, 180, 344pp. Contemporary tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. A trifle rubbed. Very occasional light spotting, a fine copy. Inscribed 'Thomas Bazley' to head of title-page; with four manuscript notes in Bazley's hand loosely inserted.
A handsome copy of English mathematician Charles Hutton's (1737-1823) logarithmic tables, first printed in 1785. The present copy belonged to Sir Thomas Bazley (1773- 1845), sometime cotton manufacturer, mathematician, and journalist; father of Victorian industrialist and politician Sir Thomas Bazley (1797-1885).
ESTC T53068.
£ 325.00
Antiquates Ref: 12223
