Copy of 'An eccelent arithmetick book, being a plain and Familiar method suitable to the meanest Capacity ... composed by eduard cocker.'
Scope and Contents
The copy was made in Edinburgh by James Burgess in the first half of the eighteenth century, of "Cocker's Arithmetick", edited by John Hawkins. The edition used was probably that of 1694 or 1697.
The manuscript contains a few verses unrelated to the text, and is decorated with numerous pen flourishes, calligraphic birds, and other figures.
Dates
- Creation: ?1694 or ?1697.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
186 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
ii + 184 folios.
Custodial History
This manuscript belongs to the Grindlay Collection in the Department of Printed Books, from which it has been transferred.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1964, by the Royal High School, Edinburgh.
Physical Description
In an early eighteenth-century binding of brown panelled calf.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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