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Title
Calligraphic mathematical volume [manuscript], 1701-1702.
Description
170 ff.; 19 x 15.5 cm
Associated name
Burchmore, Edward, author.
Summary
Highly elaborate volume of manuscript mathematics written out by the young student Edward Burchmore in 1701-02 (he signed the work in several places) and decorated in an increasingly accomplished calligraphic manner using red, green, yellow, blue, and black inks. A wide variety of mathematical and mercantile arithmetic operations are illustrated in the form of case studies.
Note
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Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Item Details
Call number
W.a.515
Folger-specific note
Purchase made possible by The B. F. Saul Rare Book Acquisitions Fund.
Folger accession
269161