Thomas Simpson F R S (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. J H Hearding (revises and corrects) (illustrator). 248 pages 15 x 232 cm all original uncut (untrimmed). Spine gatherings sewn, lacks backstrip. Front hinge weak. 16 pages publishers ads to front. Title Page: image 1., "To John Bacon" image 2., Preface: image 3., Advertisement: image 4. Part 1: image 5. A considerable rarity in the original.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Slim Octavo,(21.5 x 13.5 cm). 79 pp. [1p. Advert]. numerous text woodcuts. Contemporary diced calf, raised bands, leather titles [joint wear], marbled endpapers. Thomas Simpson FRS (20 August 1710 - 14 May 1761) was a British mathematician and inventor known for the eponymous Simpson's rule to approximate definite integrals. The attribution, as often in mathematics, can be debated: this rule had been found 100 years earlier by Johannes Kepler. Referenced by: ESTC N37524. A Good Copy.

8 leaves: 2 blank, foretitle, titlepage, dedication, 'Preface to the 2nd Edition' (2 p.), 'Contents' (4 p.); 402 pages, 1 blank. - Slightly gilt full-leather binding of the period over 5 raised bands; large-8vo.(ca. 21 x 13,5 x 3 cm). *** [SOMMER-VERKAUF bis Donnerstag, den 17.07.2025 / SUMMER-SALE until Thursday, July 17th 2025; vorheriger Preis / previously: EUR 165,-] --- THIRD EDITION (1st: 1745), A REVISED 'SECOND EDITION, with large Additions'(1755) OF SIMPSON'S THEORETICAL MASTERWORK; THE DEFINITIVE EDITION, as the author died in 1761. Therefore this book contains the preface to the second edition. - Panels minimally-, ends of spine slightly rubbed, ends of frontjoint slightly split (without affecting the tight binding); very first and last blank pages with endpaper's glue-shadow, inner frontpanel with short hard-to-read ownership-inscription of the period; A BEAUTIFUL COPY.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 161, xxv pp. ; green and red cloth with designs ; no dustjacket ; Contents: The progress of the American Rose Society / S S Pennock -- The use of the rose in the landscape / Wilhelm Miller -- The literature of the rose -- The rose in the "Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture" / L H Bailey -- Francis Parkman on roses / M N Baker -- The practical book of outdoor rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- The oldest rose-garden in the United States -- The American rose advance / J Horace McFarland -- Roses worth while for everybody / George C Thomas, Jr -- Selections from recent garden roses / Aaron Ward -- Rose bloom records at Egandale / W C Egan -- E G Hill's forthcoming roses / Sarah A Hill -- The new American roses of 1917 / J Horace McFarland -- The basis of merit in roses / Jesse A Currey -- Methods of rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- Propagation by budding / Robert Huey -- The trenching method of rose propagation / C D Beadle -- Springfield roses / John M Good -- Rose importations / j Horace McFarland -- How to conduct an amateur rose show / J Horace McFarland -- Details and classification for amateur shows / Jesse A Currey --The rose all over America / J Horace McFarland -- A great rose-garden and its message / G A Parker -- The garden clubs and the rose / Mrs. Francis King -- Work and play in a Texas rose-garden / WIlliam A Anderson -- The Minneapolis Municipal Rose Garden at Lyndale Park / Theodore Wirth -- In my rose-garden / E M Mills -- The national rose test-garden / F L Mulford -- The Cornell Rose Test-Garden / A C Beal -- The Portland National Rose Test Garden / J Horace McFarland -- Roses in the Arnold Arboretum / J Horace McFarland -- Rose-growing in a Northern Latitude / W B Burgoyne -- The enemies of the rose / J Horace McFarland -- Rose diseases / L M Massey -- An entomologist and his rose-garden / A D Hopkins -- Greeting from abroad / J Horace McFarland -- Cut-flower rose-growing / J Horace McFarland -- The cut-rose production of America / J Horace McFarland --Cut-flower rose-growing in America in 1916 / Wallace R Pierson -- Cut-flower rose-growing in Canada / John R. Dunlop -- In Memoriam -- A partial list of roses introduced in America / Charles E F Gersdorff, J Horace McFarland -- The work of the American Rose Society : Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, with Presiden't Address and reports of the Secretary and Treasurer -- The Washington and Cornell Meetings -- Meetings of the Executive Committee -- Awards at Philadelphia Show of 1916 -- The story of rose black-spot -- new roses registered in 1916 -- Rules for registration of new roses -- Regulations for judging and scale of points -- American Rose Society medals for novelties -- Committees governing rose test-gardens -- At the Hartford Test Gardens --Local societies affiliated -- The eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Rose Society -- Medals awarded in 1916 -- Lest of members -- Index -- Index to advertisers -- List of Plates -- John Cook's unnamed American seeding (colored plate) -- Benjamin Hammond, Secretary American Rose Society -- New hybrid tea rose, Mrs. Henry Winnett -- Fred H Howard's new American rose, Los Angeles (colored plate) -- New hybrid Wichuriana rose, Alida Lovett -- New Hardy Climbing rose, Seedling No. 48 -- Acres of American-grown roses -- The important rose test-gardens -- Native roses for roadside adornment in the Arnold Arboretum -- The oldest rose-garden in the United States [Van Courtlandt Manor, Croton, NY] ; stamp of the Los Angeles State and County Arboretum on front endpaper ; with 25 pages of illustrated adverisments ; ; slight foxing, else FINE ; extremely scarce 2nd year of the series which began in 1916. Book.

Three-Quarter Leather. Condition: Fine. Scarce First Edition extensively illustrated including present value and annuity tables, minimal foxing, minor ex-library markings. Expertly bound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards. A handsome copy. Book.