The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England, 1714-1840

First edition, first impression.  xvi,504pp, with portrait plate frontispiece and further monochrome plates interleafed in text.  Red cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on blue relief on spine.  8vo.  Cloth a little pushed in at spine ends, with a tiny indentation on the lower edge.  Traces of dustiness to upper text block edge.  Previous owner’s bookplate on the front paste down else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.  In its original matte dust jacket, not price clipped, a little faded, especially over spine and gently rubbed on extreme edges and folds, lightly bumped at spine tips.

A scholarly study of the impact of lesser-known craftsmen, innovators, instrument-makers and teachers who applied mathematical principles to practical arts, like navigation, surveying and time-keeping in the early 18th century.  It looks at the mixed communities which spawned and supported these innovators from the  early 18th century to the transition into highly specialised professional organisations by the mid 19th century.