Description
Opera quaedam reliqua. Glasgow, Robert and Andrew Foulis 1776. 4to, contemporary red goatskin, possibly from the Foulis bindery, the covers with a gilt border of a chain roll and a repeated rococo floral tool, smooth spine panelled in gilt, lettered on a green goatskin label, elaborately gilt tooled, marbled endleaves, edges gilt, (4) leaves + xpp + 594pp + (1)leaf + 32pp + (1)leaf + 33pp + (1)leaf + 23pp, bookplate on front paste down, small discreet perforated cypher on title and de-accession stamp on verso of title, [Gaskell, The Foulis Press, no.600]
Footnote
Provenance: John Crerar Library, Chicago, bookplate with cancellation stamp
Note: First edition of this posthumous edition of the unpublished works of Robert Simson (1687-1768), Professor of Mathematics at Glasgow University.