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        • 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

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