Lot 161
Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., second edition, Cambridge, 1925-27.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., second edition, a few very light surface stains, very faint spotting to fore-edges, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, a few very small light stains to covers, some discolouration to vol. 3 upper cover, a little rubbed and bumped to extremities, but an excellent copy overall, 4to, Cambridge, 1925-27.
⁂ Second edition of arguably the most important mathematical work of the 20th century.
Description
Mathematics.- Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., second edition, a few very light surface stains, very faint spotting to fore-edges, endpapers lightly browned, original cloth, a few very small light stains to covers, some discolouration to vol. 3 upper cover, a little rubbed and bumped to extremities, but an excellent copy overall, 4to, Cambridge, 1925-27.
⁂ Second edition of arguably the most important mathematical work of the 20th century.
