MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01186cam a2200253 a 4500
001 85664682
003 DLC
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008 860331s1788 stkacf b 00010beng c
010 $a 85664682 //r87
040 $aICU$cICU$dICU
050 1 $aQA29.N2$bB8x 1788
100 10 $aBuchan, David Stewart Erskine,$cEarl of,$d1742-1829.
245 13 $aAn account of the life, writings, and inventions of John Napier, of Merchiston /$cby David Stewart, Earl of Buchan, and Walter Minto ... ; illustrated with copper-plates.
260 0 $aPerth :$bPrinted by R. Morison, junr. for R. Morison and son ... and sold by J. Murray ... London, and W. Creech, Edinburgh,$c1778 [i.e. 1788]
300 $avii, [2], 10-134 [i.e. 136], 3, [1] p., V, [1] leaves of plates :$bill., port. (engravings) ;$c26 cm. (4to)
500 $aFirst published in 1787. Cf. Lowndes.
500 $aSignatures: [a]² b² C-2L² [2M]².
500 $aNumbers 55-56 repeated in pagination.
504 $aBibliography: p. [1]-3 at end.
600 10 $aNapier, John,$d1550-1617.
650 0 $aMathematicians$zGreat Britain$xBiography.
650 0 $aLogarithms$xEarly works to 1800.
700 10 $aMinto, Walter,$d1753-1796.