[LEYBOURN William]
£2,200
Auction: 1 February 2005 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The art of numbring by speaking-rods vulgarly called Nepeirs bones by which the most difficult parts of arithmentick ... are performed with incredible celerity and exactness ... 1st edition, 1 fldg. table, contemporary calf, lacking metal clasps, contents partly loose, a few leaves partly stained, 12mo., London: for W. Hayes, 1667
Note: Wing L 1904 etc. but without this imprint. Smith ****