Donn Benjamin (31 results)

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. A New Introduction to the Mathematicks: Being Essays On Vulgar and Decimal Arithmetick. Containing, Not Only the Practical Rules, But Also the Reasons. Book.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Oversized Hardback. Condition: Fair - Cash. No Jacket. Red cloth hardboards with gold gilt lettering on spine. Heavy rubbing to corners edges and surfaces. Small tears to the top, bottom and edge of spine with fraying. Corners bumped. Slight soiling to cover. Soiling to edge of textblock. Uneven pages. Pages have white cloth tape going down the gutter. Thick quality paper. Clean crisp pages with fold out maps. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Facsimile edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered maroon cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (small tears at edges - in protective cover). Pp. 20 thereafter unpaginated, illus with b&w plates (ex medical library with usual markings; tape marks on endpapers).

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a 1792 encyclopedic guide to the principles and uses of arithmetic. Beginning with definitions of mathematical terms, the book provides instruction and demonstration of notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the reduction of quantities. The author touches on algebra and even includes a section on the equation of payments and another on arithmetic progression. A useful and comprehensive book for its time, this early mathematical work sought to introduce to its readers the broad applications of arithmetic. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Gebunden. Condition: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dustwrapper is quite damaged and ripped along edges and slightly dirty. Price clipped. Maroon cloth binding with gold lettering of title down spine, clean. All pages are clean and clear. 339mm x 284mm.

Cloth Covered Boards. Condition: Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Devon and Cornwall Record Society, New Series, Vol. 9 (issued to members of the Society, 1963) and the University of Exeter. Reprinted in Facsimile. Cloth covered boards rubbed in places, stained along edges, corners and spine ends bumped, gilt lettering to spine, spotting and browning to endpapers and closed edges, pp very clean and bright, 2 folded maps in very good condition, full page maps throughout, pp secure in binding. Size: Folio. Facsimile.

pp. 20. 2 plates PLUS 25 2-page spreads of maps in FACSIMILE, some folding. Original cloth, with pictorial dust wrapper, a very good copy.

Map. Condition: Good. First Edit. Uncoloured map. Size : 620 x 490 mm (from the plate marks). A single sheet from Donn's highly important large-scale atlas of twelve maps surveying the whole County of Devon. This was the first large-scale map published of any county, pre-dating the Ordnance Survey by many years. These accurate and beautifully engraved maps are remarkably clearly defined. They represent a major contribution to the history of cartography as the first published large scale map of any county. This sheet contains the large dedication vignette in the upper half of the map. Short closed tear.The map on thick laid paper has at some time been stored rolled, so now has a rather pronounced centre fold. I suspect if it is going to be framed it witll flaten out if put behind glass.

Map. Condition: Fine. Size: 610 x 490 mm. Rare original hand-coloured large-scale map of the Torbay area extending from Teignmouth in the North to Startpoint in the South. A single sheet from Donn's highly important large-scale atlas of twelve maps surveying the whole County of Devon. This was the first large-scale map published of any county, pre-dating the Ordnance Survey by many years. These accurate and beautifully engraved maps are remarkably clearly defined, and represent a major contribution to the history of cartography.

Map. Condition: Very Good. Size : 590 x 460 mm. Uncoloured single sheet from Donn's highly important large-scale atlas of twelve maps surveying the whole County of Devon. This was the first large-scale map published of any county, pre-dating the Ordnance Survey by many years. These accurate and beautifully engraved maps are remarkably clearly defined, and represent a major contribution to the history of cartography. Extends from Tavistock in the South to North Petrock in the North, and Lew Trenchard in the East to Stratton in the West.

Map. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Superb hand coloured map. A single sheet from Donn's highly important large-scale atlas of twelve maps surveying the whole County of Devon. This was the first large-scale map published of any county, pre-dating the Ordnance Survey by many years. These accurate and beautifully engraved maps are remarkably clearly defined, and represent a major contribution to the history of cartography.

Map. Condition: Good. First Edit. A single sheet from Donn's highly important large-scale atlas of twelve maps surveying the whole county of Devon. This was the first large-scale map of any county, pre-dating the Ordnance Survey by many years. These accurate and beautifully engraved maps are remarkably clearly defined, and represent a major contribution to the history of cartography. On sheet 12 the two plans of Plymouth are located. Slight creasing where carelessly folded, with a single short closed tear just affecting the lower border, now repaired. C 5.

3 parts in one volume, comprising general title page, preface and: An essay on the nature, investigation and application of logarithms, pp [8], 28 . An essay on the elements of plane geometry : in which the most useful propositions, pp xiv, 131; An essay on the elements of plane trigonometry : with their application to altimetry and longimetry,iv, 100, each with separate title page, 14 engraved folding plates of diagrams, uncut in contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, sometime plainly rebacked as befits a school textbook of the period, internally sound and clena throughout, SECOND EDITION; this collective edition of three of Donn's previous published works was first printed in 1775. Benjamin Donn is now remembered if at all as an important surveyor and cartographer, his map of Devon one of the best to that date; he was also an eminent teacher of matthematics, s shown by this compendium of advanced geometry for trainee surveyors. One would ideally like to find a clean uncut copy such as this in original boards, but the makeshift repair to this near contemporary half calf of this copy will suffice. The last copy traced at auction sold in 2010 when it was described as 'A scarce work. ESTC records only two copies of this edition, and four of the 1775 edition.'.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 422.

Condition: Near fine. First edition. The first of the Circle Pamphlet series, containing excerpts from Euclid and Benjamin Donn surrounded by black and green blocks. This is Circle Pamphlet 1, part of a series from the Circle Press exploring the presentation of information, in this case extracts from THE GEOMETRICIAN by Euclid and ESSAYS ON PLANE GEOMETRY & TRIGONOMETRY by G. Donn (London, 1775). 15'' x 11''. Original printed wrapper folded once to make four pages. Illustrated in black and green. One of 150 unnumbered copies. Designed by Ronald King and signed in pencil by him on second leaf. Very light soiling and mild edgewear to wrapper, else clean and bright.

London, 1965. 20 pp. & maps. Cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: gut. London 1765. - Großformatige detaillierte Gesamtkarte von Devon in schönem Flächenkolorit, als Atlas gebunden. - Mit Übersichtskarte und 12 Doppelblättern, darauf u. a. Stadtpläne von Plymouth, Exeter und Stoke, eine kleine Nebenkarte von Lundy Island und die schöne figürlich-landschaftliche Titelkartusche. EINBAND: Halblederband der Zeit mit etwas Rückenvergoldung. 54 : 39 cm. - ILLUSTRATION: Mit 13 kolorierten doppelblattgroßen Kupferkarten von Thomas Jefferys. - KOLLATION: Titel, 5 nn. Bll. - ZUSTAND: Ränder vereinz. mit geringen Läsuren, Kolorit tlw. mit etwas Abklatsch auf die gegenüberliegende Seite. Einband deutlich beschabt. - LITERATUR: Cox III, 595. - Tooley, Mapmakers I, 378. - County map of Devon in 13 sheets, amongst others with insets of Exeter, Plymouth, Stoke and Lundy Island, bound as an atlas. With 1 doublepage engr. general map and 12 doublepage engr. regional maps, all in contemp. surface colouring. Contemp. half calf with some gilt decoration on spine. - Paper margins occasionally with slight defects, the colouring partly off-setting to the opposite page. Binding rubed and scraped.