Apollonii Pergaei Conicorum libri octo, . et Sereni Antissensis De sectione cylindri & coni libri duo.
Apollonius of Perga (fl.250-220 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1710
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038325
Summary
Bibliographic description
[10],250;[10],171,[1];[4],88p., [1] leaf of plates . ill.. . fol.. Previous shelfmark: L.4.6. Identified in 1796 inventory: F 331, price 6s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 630.. Provenance: Bookplate: John Myddelton Esqr. of Chirk Castle Denbighshire [i.e. John Myddelton (1685-1747)] (the plate of Robert Myddelton of Chirk Castle with inscription altered); Jacobean armorial, after 1733. Franks 21457. This has been pasted over an earlier plate, probably that of John's brother, Robert (1678-1733).. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled sprinkled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges; blind fillets on spine.
Makers and roles
Apollonius of Perga (fl.250-220 BC) Antinoensis Serenus Edmund Halley (1656-1742)