Antique Book-TREATISE ON MENSURATION-TRIGONOMETRY-Bewick-Hutton-1770

Price: € 1.174,50

Subject: Newcastle upon Tyne: T. Saint, 1770. 4to: 674 pp. Full leather. Full contemporary calf with raised bands on the spine and gilt decoration. Reference: Hugo 1.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Some small imperfections at the binding, spine ends a little worn. Ownership inscriptions on the front pastedown and flyleaves, as well as on the title page.

Medium: Numerous small woodcuts in the text. Thomas Bewick.

Size (in cm): 4to: 18 x 23.7 cm.

Size (in inch): 4to: 7.1 x 9.3 inch.

Part Number: 55360

Location: ZL3b

Antique Book, titled: 'A Treatise on Mensuration both in Theory and Practice.', by: Charles Hutton. A treatise with all kinds of mathematical solutions by Charles Hutton.

Artists and Engravers: Author(s): Charles Hutton. Charles Hutton (1737-1823) was a british mathematician who, like Bewick, originated from Newcastle upon Tyne. He is famous for his calculation of the density of the Earth and its core. Illustrated by: Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was born in Prudhoe, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He would remain in this region for the rest of his live. Bewick worked as a woodengraver. His many very finely executed designs and bookillustrations are highly appreciated. Bewick is seen as the man who started the great production of woodengraving in the 19th. century.