Lot 309
Partridge, Seth SALEROOM NOTICE: Plates are in facsimile
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
£550
Description
The description and use of an instrument called the double scale of proportion. London: William Leybourn, 1661. First edition, 12mo, 2 plates (1 folding) supplied in facsimile, contemporary calf, rebacked, replacement advert leaf pasted over advert on final page, ownership inscription and pencil notes to first flyleaf, lower right corner of pp.99-100 torn slightly affecting text, [ESTC R40063, Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), P630A]
Footnote
Note: Rare. The ESTC lists only 3 copies in libraries in the British Isles, and 2 copies in North American libraries.