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CATALOGUE. 137

Mirifici|Logarithmorum|Canonis descriptio,|Ejusque usus, in utraque|Trigonometria; ut etiam in|omni Logistica Mathematica,|Amplissimi, Facillimi, &|expeditissimi explicatio.| Authore ac Inventore,|Ioanne Nepero,|Barone Merchistonii,|&c. Scoto.|

Edinbvrgi,|Ex officinâ Andre Hart|Bibliopôl, clɔ, |

4°, Size $7 1⁄2$ × $5 3⁄4$ inches. A1$1$, Title.A1$2$, blank.A2, 2 pages, “Illustrissimo, & optim spei Principi Carolo, Potentissimi, & Invictissimi, Iacobi D. G. magn Britanni, Franci, & Hiberni Regis, filio unico, Walli Principi, Duct Eboraci, & Rothesai, magno Scoti Senescallo, ac Insularum Domino, &c. D. D. D.”, signed “Ioannes Nepervs.” A3$1$, “Jn Mirificum Logarithmorum Canonem Prfatio.” A3$2$–A4$1$, 2 pages, Verses:—“Ad Lectorem Trigonometri studiosum.”, 12 lines signed “Patricius Sandḛus.”; “In Logarithmos D. I, Neperi.”, 10 lines ; “Aliud.”, 6 lines; “Ad Lectorem.”, 4 lines signed “Andreas Ivnivs Philosophi Professor in Academia Edinburgena.” A4$2$, “In Logarithmos.”, 4 lines.B1$1$–D2$2$*, pp. 1–20, “Mirifici Logarithmorum canonis descriptio, eiusque usus in utrâque Trigonometria, ut etiam in omni Logistica mathematica, amplissimi, facillimi, & expeditissimi explicatio. Liber I,” D3$1$–I1$1$, pp. 21-57, “Liber Secundvs. De canonis mirifici Logarithmorum prclaro usu in Trigonometria.”, on p. 57 after the “Conclusio.” follow “Errata ante lectionem emendanda.”, 7 lines; and the last line of the page is “Sequitur Tabula seu canon Logarithmorum.”I1$2$ and a1$1$&mdash;m1$1$, 90 pages, The Table. m1$2$, “Admonitio” or blank [see note].

Signatures. A to H in fours + I in one + a to l in fours + m in one = 78 leaves. Paging. 8 + 57 numbered + 91 = 156 pages. Errors in Paging. In some copies pp. 14 and 15 are numbered 22 and 23 [see note].

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