The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms

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phrastically and Historically! to the Text.|By John Napier, Lord
of Marchiston. |
With a Resolution of certain doubts, |
moved by
some well affected brethren. |Whereunto are annexed certain
Oracles of | Sibylla, agreeing with the Revelation,] and other
places of Scripture. And also an Epistle which was omitted in|
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the last Edition. |
The fifth Edition : corrected and amended.
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Edinbvrgh, Printed for
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Andro Wilson, and are to be sold at
his
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shop, at the foot of the Ladies steps, 1645.]
4°. Size 7i X 6J inches. Leaf l'. Title, 1= blank. 2'-3', 3 pages, Dedication
to King James. 3^-5^ 5 pages, To the Godly .... Reader. &, The Book
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this Bill . . . .' 62, Taile. Bl'-l3S pp. i-6i, The first Treatise. Iz^, blank. 14',
p. 63, Table. I4'', blank. Kl'-Ii2', pp. 65-244, The second Treatise. Aaai'-
Aaa2', pp. 1-3, To the mislikirig Reader. Aaa2^-Ddd4*, pp. 4-32, A Resolution
of Doubts. Eeel'-Eee4^, pp. 3 1-38 [33-40], Prophecies of Sibylla. (In some copies
an additional sheet is inserted with list of Errata, see Note.)
Signatures. [A] in six (leaves 4 & 5 are an insertion) + B to Z and Aa to Hh in
fours + Ii in two + Aaa to Eee in four= 148 leaves.
Paging. 12 + 244 numbered + (38 + 2 for error = ) 40 numbered =296 pages.
Errors in Paging. In pp. 1-244 there are 10 errors which do not affect the total
but in pp. i-[ 40] the numbers 31 & 32 are twice repeated, so that numbers on all the
subsequent pages are understated by 2.
In Glasgow University Library is a copy of this edition with an extra
leaf inserted at the end containing "Errata.— Curteous Reader thou art
desired to correct these faults following, which chiefly happened through
the absence of the Author and the difficulty of the Coppy. viz." this is
followed by ten lines of corrections.
The author's name, it will be observed, is spelt on the title-page in
the modem form, and the Dedication to King James is signed, "John
Napier, Peer of Marchiston." The substitution of Peer for Fear or Feuer
of Merchiston seems to have been intentional. It is not noticed in the
errata, but is of course a mistake.
This is the only edition in which " The Text.", " The Paraphrasticall
Exposition!', and the " Jlistoricall Application.", are printed successively
and not in parallel columns. The " Historicall Application.", is printed
in black letter. " An. Chr." is printed on the margin of each page in
both treatises.
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