Arithmetical Books from the Invention of Printing to the Present Time: Being Brief Notices of a Large Number of Works Drawn Up from Actual Inspection

Reprint of the 1847. Oversized Octavo. Pp. [iii].xxviii.124. 124. London, Taylor and Walton, 1847. According to the DSB this work is "probably the first significant work of scientific bibliography". The bibliographer A.N.L. Munby commented that " it is one of the earliest, and still one of the best, of the class of work now called a catalogue raisonnee. The notes, based on total familiarity with the subject-matter of each work, are testimony to the extraordinary range of its author's learning. "-Munby. The arrangement of the book is chronological, and begins in 1491 with Philip Calandri's Philippi Calandri ad Nobilem et Studiosum Julianum Larentii Medicem de Arimethrica Opusculum. De Morgan goes on to provide 200 word annotation about this title. Most of the works cited have some annotation, and many are of paragraph length. The format is as follows --The place at which the work was printed. --The date of the title page, or colophon. --The author's name --Title --The form in which the book is printed. --Annotations. At the end is an index of Authors, editors and of works on arithmetic. Besterman 509.