‎ROBERTSON, JOHN.‎
‎A Treatise of such Mathematical Instruments, As are usually put into a portable Case. Shewing some of their Uses in Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry, Spherics, Architecturee, Surveying, geography, Perspective, &c. With an Appendix containing The De...‎

‎London, J. Nourse, 1775. Contemp. full calf. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Fronthinge weak, but not broken. At lower spine-end 1 1/2 cm. of leather gone. Remains of a paperlabel at lower compartment. Corners bumped. Faint stamp on titlepage. Large folded engraved frontisp. XXIII,(1),233 pp., Publisher's announcements (3) pp., and 11 large folded engraved plates with many figs. Printed on good paper, internally clean.‎

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‎A section of the work deals with the history and inventions of mathematical instruments. - Poggendorff II:664.‎