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In-8°, pp. 124, legatura editoriale t. tela con titolo oro al dorso. Perfetto esemplare. Reprint novecentesco della classica bibliografia matematica del De Morgan. 'He [De Morgan] believed that the work of both minor and major mathematicians was essential for an assessment of mathematical development, a principle shown most clearly in his Arithmetical Books. This work describes the many arithmetical books in the author’s possession, refers to the work of 1,580 arithmeticians, and contains detailed digressions on such subjects as the length of a foot and the authorship of the popular Cocker’s Arithmetic. De Morgan’s book was written at a time when accurate bibliography was in its infancy and was probably the first significant work of scientific bibliography” (D.S.B). '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.' (A.N.L. Munby).