Description

Hardcover, large thick oblong quarto size volume bound on black boards lettered in gold on spine and in publisher’s non price-clipped dust-jacket. 633 pages. With a Bibliography and an Index of Names and Subjects. Translated from the French by David Bellos, E.F. Harding, Sophie Wood and Ian Monk. Profusely illustrated throughout with drawings and figure tables giving examples of ancient numbers and number systems. First edition, second printing. “…the first complete account of the invention and evolution of numbers the world over.” Previous owners small name and address label affixed to front free end-paper. Book is tight, clean, and unmarked with no writing or underlining. Dust-jacket is clean and complete with no tears or chips. A very good+ copy in a very good+ dust-jacket. Standard shipping only without prior arrangement.