RECORDS ARITHMETICK OR THE GROUND OF ARTS. Teaching the perfect work and practise of arithmetick, both in whole numbers and fractions, after a more easie and exact form than in former time hath been set forth: made by M. Robert Record, D. in Physick de RECORD ( Recorde) Robert. John Mellis, John Dee.:

London : printed by M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Harrison, and are to be sold by Nath. Brooks, at the sign of the Angel in Corn-hil, 1648.. Afterward, augmented by M. John Dee. And since enlarged with a third part of rules of practise, abridged into a briefer method than hitherto hath been published, with divers necessary rules incident to the trade of merchandise: with tables of the valuation of all coyns, as they are current at this present time. By John Mellis. And now diligently perused, corrected, illustrated and enlarged; with an appendix of figurate numbers, ... and new tables of interest ... the first calculated by R.C. ... and the latter diligently calculated by Rob’t Hartwell, philomathemat. "The third part, or, Additions to this booke," has separate title page, dated 1648; pagination and register are continuous. Small 8vo, approximately 165 x 105 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, pages: [26], 1-630, decorated initials, a few diagrams and tables in the text, occasional printed pointing hand in margins, bound in full sheep, rebacked with 2 maroon gilt lettered labels to spine, gilt date at bottom of spine. Covers rubbed, corners worn with card showing at tips, small neat repair to bottom edge and corner of title page, 2 pages have marginal tears with slight loss, not affecting text, last leaf has outer edge strengthened with archival tape, not affecting text, occasional old pale ink splash, 3 damaged pages from early books, 2 at front and 1 at rear, no pastedowns or endpapers, tiny hole to one page, no loss of meaning, pale age-browning to margins and occasional small fox spot, title page and last page have slight browning to outer margin, otherwise a very good copy. See: ESTC R182546 listing a 1646 copy, our copy is the same and with the same collation except for the publisher's imprint; A Catalogue of Printed Books in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, Volume 4, page 486; Rara Arithmetica by David Eugene Smith, pages 213-221; Bibliotheca Osleriana, A Catalogue of Books iIlustrating the History of Medicine and Science, page 343, No. 3767: "Recorde was educated at Oxford, took his M.D. at Cambridge, he taught Mathematics, anatomy, music, rhetoric, astrology and cosmography. He became Comptroller of the Mint and general surveyor of mines and money. He was arrested for debt and died in prison. He was the first writer in English on arithmetick"; Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume 11 pages 338-339: "The Ground of Arts was the most popular of all Recorde's works". MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.