Lot 338
[Roget (John Lewis and Peter)] "W.A.G." Familiar Illustrations of the Language of Mathematics, or, A new Picture-alphabet for well-behaved Undergraduates, 1850.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Description
[Roget (John Lewis and Peter)] "W.A.G." Familiar Illustrations of the Language of Mathematics, or, A new Picture-alphabet for well-behaved Undergraduates, pictorial title and 9 plates, all illustrated by the authors, light spotting damp mottling to foot, original pictorial wrappers, spine worn, covers a little browned and soiling, remains of sticker to upper cover, oblong folio, 1850.
⁂ A scarce and charming work filled with satiric visualisations of mathematical terms. We can trace only a handful of copies at auction.
Description
[Roget (John Lewis and Peter)] "W.A.G." Familiar Illustrations of the Language of Mathematics, or, A new Picture-alphabet for well-behaved Undergraduates, pictorial title and 9 plates, all illustrated by the authors, light spotting damp mottling to foot, original pictorial wrappers, spine worn, covers a little browned and soiling, remains of sticker to upper cover, oblong folio, 1850.
⁂ A scarce and charming work filled with satiric visualisations of mathematical terms. We can trace only a handful of copies at auction.