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COLLECTED WORKS OF FRANÇOIS VIÈTE<br>“THE FATHER OF ALGEBRA”<BR> WITH 3 VOLVELLES<br><br>Francisci Vietae Opera Mathematica in unum volumen congesta …

COLLECTED WORKS OF FRANÇOIS VIÈTE
“THE FATHER OF ALGEBRA”
WITH 3 VOLVELLES

Francisci Vietae Opera Mathematica in unum volumen congesta … by VIÈTE, François / SCHOOTEN, Frans van

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COLLECTED WORKS OF FRANÇOIS VIÈTE
“THE FATHER OF ALGEBRA”
WITH 3 VOLVELLES

Francisci Vietae Opera Mathematica in unum volumen congesta …
Author
VIÈTE, François / SCHOOTEN, Frans van
Seller
Martayan Lan, Inc. (United States)
Description
4to [30.3 x 19.6], (6) ff., 554 pp., with 3 volvelles, title and several text leaves with red printing, woodcut device on title page, numerous woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut initials, headpieces, and tailpieces. Bound in contemporary vellum, title in ink on spine, double-ruled borders on upper and lower covers, remnants of ties, blue edges. Some staining and handsoiling to covers, minor edge wear. Contemporary annotations on front endpapers, very minor occasional staining, small wormhole in inner margin of last quarter of volume.Rare first edition of the collected mathematical writings of the François Viète (1540-1603), who was "the first extensively to use letters of the alphabet to present numerical quantities and the foremost algebraist of the sixteenth century" (Hutchinson's Dictionary of Scientific Bibliography, p. 690). Viète used letters "both for known … and for unknown quantities" and "this innovation, considered one of the most significant advances in the history of mathematics, prepared the way for the development of algebra" (DSB) and thereby earned him the sobriquet "the father of algebra" (DSB, pp. 18-2). Viète's Isagoge in artem analyticam, the earliest work on symbolic algebra, opens the present edition and is followed by 15 further tracts on geometry, logic, trigonometry, and the newly adopted Gregorian calendar, the reckoning of which is aided here by 3 volvelles. Also called "the first mathematician of his age to think occasionally as mathematicians habitually think today" (Bell, p. 99), Viète developed "the systematic application of syncopated algebra to the solution of geometric problems" and thus is widely considered to have paved the way for René Decartes's (1596-1650) groundbreaking geometrical system (Boyer, p. 62). That several of the tracts printed here were originally privately printed and quickly became quite rare makes this collected volume as valuable a resource today as it was for such a scholar as Isaac Newton (1642-1726), who carefully studied the copy in the Cambridge University libraries (Whiteside, vol. 1, p. 21).Remembered principally for his mathematical work, Viète was a lawyer by trade, serving as a privy councilor to Henry III and Henry IV, for whom he worked primarily as a code-breaker during the French Wars of Religion. The present volume was edited by the Dutch mathematician Frans van Schooten (1615-1660), an influential professor at he University of Leiden, who numbered among his students the young Christiaan Huygens (1629-95), and was renowned for popularizing the geometrical ideas of Descartes.*Bierens de Haan 4225; Norman 2152; Willems 609; Cajori, A History of Mathematics, pp. 137-39; D.S.B., XIV, pp. 18-25; E. T. Bell, The Development of Mathematics, (1945); Carl B. Boyer, History of Analytic Geometry (1956); D. T. Whiteside, ed., The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton (1967-81).
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Copies of The Original Letters And Despatches Of The Generals, Ministers, Grand Officers Of State, &c. At Paris, To The Emperor Napoleon, At Dresden; Intercepted By The Advanced Troops Of The Allies in The North Of Germany by ANONYMOUS

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Copies of The Original Letters And Despatches Of The Generals, Ministers, Grand Officers Of State, &c. At Paris, To The Emperor Napoleon, At Dresden; Intercepted By The Advanced Troops Of The Allies in The North Of Germany
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ANONYMOUS
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Argosy Book Store (United States)
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very good
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London: John Murray, 1814. First. hardcover. very good. 354 pages. Slim small 8vo, bound in old 3/4 maroon calf, professionally re-backed in sympathetic style, spine evenly faded to beige, marbled boards, sides rubbed. London: Printed For John Murray, 1814. First Edition. A very nice clean copy with spine lettering reading "Depeches et Lettres".
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The House of Terror by WOODWARD, Edward

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The House of Terror
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WOODWARD, Edward
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Houle Rare Books & Autographs (United States)
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New York, The Mystery League, Inc. [1930].. First edition. 8vo. Art Deco dust jacket designed by Gene (unclipped; small chips). Ink inscription and 1930 gift inscription on the front pastedown. No bookplates. Hubin (1994) p. 878.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included.
A ROUNDABOUT TURN

A ROUNDABOUT TURN by Charles, Robert H. Brooke, L. Leslie (drawings by)

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A ROUNDABOUT TURN
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Charles, Robert H. Brooke, L. Leslie (drawings by)
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Very Good +
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London: Freederick Warne, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good-. First US edition, this copy printed in England but for the American market as the price on the dustjacket is $1.50. 8vo, orange linen stamped in brown and gilt in pictorial dustjacket, pictorial endpapers. Book is better than very good in moderatley soiled dustjacket with a few tape-closed tears recto dustjacket. Charming book. FROGS!
Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned
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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned by Dunham, Lena

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Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's "Learned
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Dunham, Lena
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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9780812994995
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Fine
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New York: Random House, 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Signed by Dunham on a tipped-in page. First printing with the full number line. Fine in a fine jacket.
IN THE MOON OF RED PONIES

IN THE MOON OF RED PONIES by Burke, James Lee

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IN THE MOON OF RED PONIES
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Burke, James Lee
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Revere Books, ABAA & IOBA (United States)
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9780786860821
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Very Good
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NY: Simon & Schuster, 2004. First edition, first prnt. Signed and dated "6-19-04" by Burke on the title page. Spine bottom edge with slight push, beginning toning on foreedge; an unread copy in Very Good condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Burke's fourth Billy Bob Holland novel. Hardcovers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Ultima Thule.

Ultima Thule. by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur.

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Ultima Thule.
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Stefansson, Vilhjalmur.
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New York: Macmillan, 1940. (4), 383 pp. b/w plates, ills. maps. Further mysteries of the Arctic. First edition. Very good condition in dustjacket.
Men, Women, and War: Do Women Belong on the Front Line

Men, Women, and War: Do Women Belong on the Front Line by Van Creveld, Martin

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Men, Women, and War: Do Women Belong on the Front Line
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Van Creveld, Martin
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9780304359592
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Fine
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Cassell and Co, 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. "In this ground-breaking and controversial new book, Marin van Creveld argues that while sexual equality might be desirable in the civilian world, the job of waging war should be left exclusively to men. In the army, traditional gender roles are there for a reason, and political correctness not only puts national security at risk, but also endangers the lives of those very soldiers who are there to protect us" (jacket). Dark green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. In olive green jacket with black and white title to spine and front panels. Clean. 287 pages. MIL/032321.

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