[BONNYCASTLE, JOHN]. An Introduction to Algebra; With Notes and Observations; Designed for the use of Schools and Places of Public Education. London: printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, by J. Bensley, Bolt-Court, Fleet-Street, MDCCC. [1800].
FIFTH EDITION. Leather-bound; hardcover; duodecimo (17.5 x 10.5 x 1.5 cm); pp. x, [2], 208. English text. Bound in contemporary tree calf; smooth spine with gilt bands and red morocco lettering-piece; initial and terminal blanks present; printed footnotes. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure. Covers with some small abrasions and light rubbing to the extremities. Interior very well-preserved.
Notes: An excellent copy of this highly influential historical mathematics textbook written by British mathematician John Bonnycastle (1751–1821). First published in 1782, this pedagogical masterpiece became one of the most widely used algebra foundations in schools across the United Kingdom and the United States during the late 18th and 19th-centuries. [ESTC T106458].
