[Rarebooks] FS: Kersey's "The Elements of... Algebra..." scarce 1717 ed. w/ additions by Edmund Halley.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

WITH EDMUND HALLEY'S ADDITIONS

(MATHEMATICS) Kersey, John. THE ELEMENTS OF THAT MATHEMATICAL ART COMMONLY CALLED ALGEBRA... To Which Is Added Lectures by Dr. Edmund Halley. London: R. and W. Mount and T. Page. 1717. Folio. (2),323,(1);24pp. With the fine frontispiece portrait of the author by Faithorne. Orig. paneled calf, with spine label, nicely rebacked with the old spine laid down. Armorial bookplate of William Hanbury (1704-1768), a noted antiquary.    $2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
With the additions of Halley. Kersey's work first appeared in 1673. This 1717 edition is quite scarce, with the ESTC recording only 4 copies in the U.S.

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