Author: BROWN, JOYCE, MA
Title: Mathematical Instrument-Makers in the Grocers' Company 1688-1800, with notes on some earlier makers
Description: London, Science Museum. 1979, First Edition. 135mm x 215mm tall (5.25" x 8.5" approx.). Pp xvi, 103 with an Appendix and useful Bibliography, plus 24pp of plates containing a total of 37 b/w photographs of instruments and trade cards. Fine, in the original illustrated blue soft-card covers. Fine.

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