Description:
Wigan, Eleazar (fl. circa 1700) Practical Arithmetick, an Introduction to ye Whole Art. London: Sold by I. Lenthall Stationer att the Talbott against St. Dunstans Church in fleet Street Where are Sold Severall Printed Coppy Books and all Sorts of Stationary Wares, [1701?]. Large quarto, second edition, engraved portrait opposite title (trimmed and remargined at foot),engraved title and throughout, sixty numbered leaves, rare, three copies at auction, two copies of this variant in ESTC worldwide; bound in later half calf, marbled paper boards, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.
portrait, title, 60 numbered text plates/leaves.
http://estc.bl.uk/R18813
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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