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  • Napier John, Rabdologiae, seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo... Edinburgi: excudebat Andreas Hart, 1617.
    Mar. 13, 2025

    Napier John, Rabdologiae, seu numerationis per virgulas libri duo... Edinburgi: excudebat Andreas Hart, 1617.

    Est: €15,000 - €30,000

    In-12° (mm 138x77). Pagine: [12], 154, [2] + [4] tavole calcografiche ripiegate. Diagrammi xilografici e calcografici nel testo. Calcografia a p. 7 leggermente rifilata, minima mancanza all'angolo inferiore esterno della carta A5, qualche pallido alone marginale e altre trascurabili tracce del tempo, ma nel complesso bella copia completa anche della pagina bianca finale e genuina in pergamena semi-flessibile coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso, tagli rossi. Ex libris manoscritto del cavaliere Francesco Maria Naldini (1668-1676), studioso di matematica, alla sguardia e al piede del frontespizio. (1)

    Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
  • John Napier - A set of four costume studies for 'Cats', prints, pencil signed
    Jun. 14, 2023

    John Napier - A set of four costume studies for 'Cats', prints, pencil signed

    Est: £150 - £200

    John Napier - A set of four costume studies for 'Cats', prints, pencil signed to lower margin, with John Napier Stages blind stamp, 39 x 29 cm (4)

    Andrew Smith & Son
  • John Napier - A set of four costume studies for 'Cats', prints, pencil sign
    Mar. 29, 2023

    John Napier - A set of four costume studies for 'Cats', prints, pencil sign

    Est: £300 - £400

    John Napier - A set of four costume studies for 'Cats', prints, pencil signed to lower margin, with John Napier Stages blind stamp, 39 x 29 cm (4)

    Andrew Smith & Son
  • Napier, John A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St John
    Jun. 17, 2020

    Napier, John A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St John

    Est: £300 - £400

    Napier, John A Plaine Discovery of the Whole Revelation of St John Edinburgh: Robert Walde-grave, 1593. First edition, small 4to, woodcut title-page, contemporary panelled calf, ownership inscription dated 1744 of Will. McQueen and many annotations, possibly in the same hand, most leaves lightly dampstained, some rubbing to title-page with slight loss to engraved areas [ESTC S113080]

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • Napier (John) De arte logistica Joannis Naperi merchistonii baronis libri qui supersunt, Edinburgh, 1839; and 3 others (4)
    Mar. 12, 2020

    Napier (John) De arte logistica Joannis Naperi merchistonii baronis libri qui supersunt, Edinburgh, 1839; and 3 others (4)

    Est: £150 - £200

    Napier (John) De arte logistica Joannis Naperi merchistonii baronis libri qui supersunt, deluxe wide-margined copy printed in red and black, presentation inscription "To William Stirling [Maxwell] Esq. of Keir with the editor's best regards" to endpaper, engraved frontispiece, plate, foxing to endpapers, contemporary half morocco, rebacked, Edinburgh, 1839; The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms. Translated from Latin into English with notes and a catalogue of the various editions of Napier's works, by William Rae MacDonald, first edition in English, bookplate to pastedown, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut, Edinburgh, 1889, [Tomash & Williams N14 & N13]; and 2 others, Napier, 4to & 8vo (4)

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Napier (John) Rabdologiae seu Numerationis per Virgulas libri duo, third edition, Leiden, Pieter Rammazeyn, 1628.
    Mar. 12, 2020

    Napier (John) Rabdologiae seu Numerationis per Virgulas libri duo, third edition, Leiden, Pieter Rammazeyn, 1628.

    Est: £700 - £1,000

    Napier (John) Rabdologiae seu Numerationis per Virgulas libri duo, third edition, 9 folding woodcut and letterpress plates, a few with slight tears, one repaired, woodcut initials and diagrams, lower half of title defective and supplied in facsimile, small burn-hole to B7 with slight loss of text, browned, bookplate of Michel Chasles with ink inscription about the purchase of this copy at the Chasles sale in 1881, contemporary vellum, modern cloth drop-back box, [Tomash & Williams N10; Dibner 107 for first edition], 12mo, Leiden, Pieter Rammazeyn, 1628.

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Napier (John) Raddologia, Overo Arimmetica Virgolare, first Italian edition, Verona, Angelo Tamo, 1623.
    Mar. 12, 2020

    Napier (John) Raddologia, Overo Arimmetica Virgolare, first Italian edition, Verona, Angelo Tamo, 1623.

    Est: £1,500 - £2,000

    Napier (John) Raddologia, Overo Arimmetica Virgolare, first Italian edition, 7 woodcut plates (including one table), all but one folding, illustrations, some full-page, woodcut printer's device on final leaf, decorations and initials, spotting, 18th century vellum, small patch worn on upper cover, head of spine defective, [Tomash & Williams N8; Riccardi ii, 44], 8vo, Verona, Angelo Tamo, 1623. ⁂ First Italian edition of one of the earliest books on the use of mechanical devices in mathematical calculation. This translation contains additional commentary by Locatello, as well as illustrations not appearing in the original edition published in Edinburgh, 1617. "A set of ten rods of wood or ivory constituted one of the earliest forms of mechanized calculation. With these Napier tried to do away with the tediousness of calculating and coined the word 'rabdologia' as numeration by little rod." (Dibner)

    Forum Auctions - UK
  • Costume Jewelry, Napier, Coner, St. John
    May. 25, 2019

    Costume Jewelry, Napier, Coner, St. John

    Est: -

    In Good Condition. Nr8921

    EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
  • Napier, John
    May. 06, 2015

    Napier, John

    Est: £150 - £200

    Napier, John A plaine discovery of the whole Revelation of St. John. Edinburgh: Andro Wilson, 1645. Fifth edition, 4to [12], 244, 32], 31-38, typographic border to title, eighteenth century calf, gilt, head of spine lightly rubbed, signature on title of Napier, armorial bookplate of Lord Napier, [ESTC R209880], without final errata leaf

    Lyon & Turnbull
  • NAPIER, JOHN
    Jun. 05, 2013

    NAPIER, JOHN

    Est: £4,000 - £6,000

    RADDOLOGIA,  OVERO  ARIMMETICA  VIRGOLARE  IN  DUE  LIBRI  DIVISA;  CON  APRESSO  UNESPEDITISSIMO  PRONTUARIO  DELLA  MOLTEPLICATIONE,  &  POI  UN  LIBRO  DI  ARIMMETICA  LOCALE...  TRADOTTORE  DALLA  LATINA  NELLA  TOSCANA  LINGUA  IL  CAVALIER  MARCO  LOCATELLO,  ACCRESCIUTE  DAL  MEDESIMO  ALCUNE  CONSIDERATIONI  GIOVEVOLI.  VERONA:  ANGEL  TAMO,  1623 8vo  (155  x  107mm.),  7  woodcut  plates  (including  one  table),  all  but  one  folding,  15  full-page  woodcut  illustrations  in  the  text,  6  smaller  woodcut  illustrations  in  the  text,  and  woodcut  printer’s  device  on  last  leaf,  contemporary  boards,  modern  cloth  clamshell  case,  minor  marginal  tear  repaired  to  foot  of  dedication  leaf,  a  few  gatherings  with  some  minor  marginal  staining,  boards  somewhat  worn,  paper  on  spine  partially  perished

    Sotheby's
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