A short account o the history of mathematics
London: Macmillan & Co., 1940. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 522, [2]; diagrams in the text; fine copy in original red cloth stamped in gilt on spine, in a near fineprice-clipped dust jacket. Ownership signature of Esther and Ernest Born. Ernest Born (1898−1992) was an architect, designer, and artist based in California. He and his wife Esther Baum Born (1902−1987) collaborated on diverse projects in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1936 on. She was also a notable architectural photographer. (See Wikipedia). Reprint of the fourth edition of 1908. Walter William Rouse Ball (1850-1925) was a British mathematician, lawyer, and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1878 to 1905. He was also a keen amateur magician, and the founding president of the Cambridge Pentacle Club in 1919, one of the world's oldest magic societies. Item #63170
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