{"product_id":"vlacq-adriaan","title":"VLACQ, Adriaan.","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eFirst edition of this very rare set of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003econvenient, pocket-sized \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003elogarithmic tables by the Dutch publisher of mathematical tables Adriaan Vlacq (1600-67), applying the logarithmic tables published in his Arithmetica \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003elogarithmica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e of 1628, which had extended the English mathematician Henry Briggs's (1561-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e6\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e30) tables of 1624 to include numbers 1 to 100,000 to 10 decimal places, to trigonometrical functions. It \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003econtains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e tables of logarithmic sines, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003etangents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e and secants. The geometrical diagram at the end is entitled 'Mysterium \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eAstronomicum\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e'. It was published with (but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eevidently also\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e issued separately from) Johann Faulhaber's Ingenieurs-Schul of 1630, since the errata for that work appear at the end of this vol.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW11042402 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003ethick\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e vellum slightly patterned in the manner of pigskin suggests a Central or Eastern European binding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003epossibly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eBohemia-Moravia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e, or more likely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003ePoland-Lithuania. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eUnfortunately\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e we have not succeeded in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eidentifying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e the arms or monogram. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW11042402 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eOCLC notes Columbia, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003eYale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e and Wisconsin only in the US.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP Selected SCXW11042402 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW11042402 BCX0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sokol Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58972560130383,"sku":"L3021b","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.sokol.co.uk\/products\/vlacq-adriaan","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}