MOORE, Sir Jonas (1627-1679). A New Systeme of the Mathematicks . London: A[nne] Godbid and J[ohn] Playford for Robert Scott 1681.
MOORE, Sir Jonas (1627-1679). A New Systeme of the Mathematicks . London: A[nne] Godbid and J[ohn] Playford for Robert Scott 1681. Eight parts in two volumes, 4 o (230 x 176 mm). First letterpress title printed in red and black; corrected text pasted at bottom of vol. I, p.185. Vol. I: engraved title, 40 plates (36 folding, one with volvelle), engravings in text (one with volvelle). Vol. II: 52 maps (all but 2 folding). Contemporary English blind-ruled calf, gilt-lettered on spines (some wear and soiling, a few repairs). Provenance : Earl of Hopetoun (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Moore's scarce mathematical work was issued in lavish style, and is complemented by a finely engraved series of plates and maps illustrative of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, cosmography, navigation, astronomy and geography. As Surveyor of Ordnance (appointed in 1673) and a Fellow of the Royal Society, Moore had made the Tower of London a center of scientific observation and patronage. Most notably, Moore instructed the young John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. Flamsteed and another pupil, Peter Perkins, prepared the present work for posthumous publication, after Moore's sudden death in 1679. The work was priced at 35 s , "an exceptionally high figure" according to Taylor, especially since it was intended for the mathematical school at Christ's Hospital. The engravings and trigonometrical and logarithmic tables were finely prepared for the press. Moore himself had completed the sections on arithmetic, practical geometry, trigonometry and cosmography; while three parts were in the press, he employed Perkins to write the sections on algebra and Euclid. Perkins had begun the section on navigation before he too suddenly died. Flamsteed's section on the sphere was also included, not edited for school use. The engravings include depictions of the forestaff, quadrant, astrolabe, semi-cross, plough, bow, Davis's quadrant, nocturnal and azimuth compass, and specimens for the use of the traverse-board and of a correctly kept journal. The figure of the compass between pages 254 and 255 in volume 1 includes a volvelle. In the second volume is A New Geography, with Maps to each Country, and Tables of Longitude and Latitude , in which several parts of America are described. A definitive collation of the work has not been established. The copy described in Crone has an additional plate at 2E1. Adams & Waters 2557; Crone 295-96 (includes one additional plate); Houzeau & Lancaster 8796; Sabin 50415; Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 413; Wing M-2579. (2)
MOORE, Sir Jonas (1627-1679). A New Systeme of the Mathematicks . London: A[nne] Godbid and J[ohn] Playford for Robert Scott 1681.
MOORE, Sir Jonas (1627-1679). A New Systeme of the Mathematicks . London: A[nne] Godbid and J[ohn] Playford for Robert Scott 1681. Eight parts in two volumes, 4 o (230 x 176 mm). First letterpress title printed in red and black; corrected text pasted at bottom of vol. I, p.185. Vol. I: engraved title, 40 plates (36 folding, one with volvelle), engravings in text (one with volvelle). Vol. II: 52 maps (all but 2 folding). Contemporary English blind-ruled calf, gilt-lettered on spines (some wear and soiling, a few repairs). Provenance : Earl of Hopetoun (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Moore's scarce mathematical work was issued in lavish style, and is complemented by a finely engraved series of plates and maps illustrative of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, cosmography, navigation, astronomy and geography. As Surveyor of Ordnance (appointed in 1673) and a Fellow of the Royal Society, Moore had made the Tower of London a center of scientific observation and patronage. Most notably, Moore instructed the young John Flamsteed and Edmund Halley. Flamsteed and another pupil, Peter Perkins, prepared the present work for posthumous publication, after Moore's sudden death in 1679. The work was priced at 35 s , "an exceptionally high figure" according to Taylor, especially since it was intended for the mathematical school at Christ's Hospital. The engravings and trigonometrical and logarithmic tables were finely prepared for the press. Moore himself had completed the sections on arithmetic, practical geometry, trigonometry and cosmography; while three parts were in the press, he employed Perkins to write the sections on algebra and Euclid. Perkins had begun the section on navigation before he too suddenly died. Flamsteed's section on the sphere was also included, not edited for school use. The engravings include depictions of the forestaff, quadrant, astrolabe, semi-cross, plough, bow, Davis's quadrant, nocturnal and azimuth compass, and specimens for the use of the traverse-board and of a correctly kept journal. The figure of the compass between pages 254 and 255 in volume 1 includes a volvelle. In the second volume is A New Geography, with Maps to each Country, and Tables of Longitude and Latitude , in which several parts of America are described. A definitive collation of the work has not been established. The copy described in Crone has an additional plate at 2E1. Adams & Waters 2557; Crone 295-96 (includes one additional plate); Houzeau & Lancaster 8796; Sabin 50415; Taylor Mathematical Practitioners 413; Wing M-2579. (2)
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