A group of later mathematics books through the 20th century. 1. HAMILTON, HUGH. A Geometrical Treatise of the Conic Sections. London: J. Nourse, 1773. 8vo. 17 folding plates. Contemporary calf. Upper cover detached, tape repair to plate 8, rubbed, browning.
2. DE BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS. Storia naturale, generale e particulare. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1782. 12mo. Engraved illustrations in text, some with hand-coloring. Contemporary half vellum and marbled boards. Rubbed, top edges of boards faded, light dampstaining to top margins.
3. TOMTSANY, ADAM. Institutiones physicae, quas compendio dedit. Pest: Johann Thomas Trattner, 1820-1821. 3 volumes. 8vo. Volumes I & II rebound in modern half calf antique and marbled boards, volume III in contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Volume II joints cracking, corners bumped, light browning and spotting throughout.
4. [GAUSS, CARL FRIEDRICH]. Festschrift zur Saecularfeier des Geburstages von Carl Friedrich Gauss. Brunswick: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn, 1877. 4to. Publisher's printed wrappers. Chipping and browning.
5. KLIMPERT, RICHARD. Kleyers Encyklopaedie, Geschichte der Geometrie. Stuttgart: Julius Maier, 1888. 8vo. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt and black. Shelfwear.
6. POINCARE, HENRI. La Science et l'Hypothese. Paris: Ernest Flammarion, 1908. 8vo. Contemporary quarter morocco and marbled boards, publisher's orange printed wrappers bound in. Spine slightly sunned, toning.
7. STRUTT, WILLIAM. The Theory of Sound. London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. Volume 2 only. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Toning.
8. TITCHMARSH, E.C. The Theory of Functions. Oxford: University Press, 1939. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. Rubbed.
9. DIRAC, P.A.M. The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1947. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth. Some sunning and shelfwear. Third edition.
10. JACOBSON, NATHAN. Lectures in Abstract Algebra. Princeton: D. Van Nostrand, 1953. 8vo. Volume II only. Publisher's blue cloth, later vinyl jacket. Jacket soiled.
11. SAATY, T.L. Lectures on Modern Mathematics. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1965. 2 volumes. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth. Corners bumped, light toning.
12. HU, SZE-TSEN, Cohomology Theory. Chicago: Markham Publishing Co., 1968. 8vo. Publisher's grey cloth. Fine.

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