The doctrine of chances:. or, a method of calculating the probability of events in play. ...
Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754)
Category
Books
Date
1738
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 3163581
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],xiv,[2],258,[2]p.;. 4to. Inserted at p.12, a loose sheet of manuscript calculations in ink. Provenance: Gilt-stamped ducal coronet on spine above a swash D, with smaller initials WS [i.e. William Spencer Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858)]. Library bookplate: "Chatsworth Bookcase - Shelf -" with '52 E' filled in in manuscript; marked 'Dupl' Binding: eighteenth-century full calf, rebacked in nineteenth-century
Makers and roles
Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754)