American Journal of Mathematics Pure and Applied. Volume 1. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University, 1878.

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First edition, the inaugural volume of the oldest mathematics journal in continuous publication in the western world. Contents include two articles by W.K. Clifford and a book review by C.S. Peirce (please see images for the full table of contents). The founding editor was the English mathematician J.J. Sylvester (1814-97), at this time professor of mathematics at the new Johns Hopkins University. In 1883 he returned to England to take up the Savilian Professorship of Geometry at Oxford University. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Quarto [305 x 240 mm] with wide margins, vii, 388 pp., original printed stiff paper cover, somewhat marked and spotted and with a nick to the front outer edge, plain spine titled in pencil, internally very clean, a well-preserved copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-13376973406

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Title: American Journal of Mathematics Pure and ...

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good