The construction of the wonderful canon of logarithms

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Catalogue. i 29
II.—De Arte Logistica, in Latin.
De Arte Logistica jjoannis Naperi |
Qui Supersunt.
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Impressum Edinburgi
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M.DCCC.XXXIX.
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Merchistonii Baronis|Libri
4°. Large paper. Size llj x 8| inches. There are 4 leaves at the beginning.
The first is entirely blank, on the recto of the second is the single line " De Arte
Lo^stica.", on the recto of the third is the Title-page as above, and on the recto of
the fourth is the Dedication to Francis Lord Napier of Merchiston. The number and
arrangement of these pages is slightly different in the Club copies— see note.
On the recto of al is the word " Introduction." z.TS-ra'^, pp. iii-xciv, " Introduction."
by Mark Napier, dated I November 1839.
On the recto of m4 is the line " De Arte Logistica.", and on the recto of Al is the
title " The
\ Of Merchiston Booke
\ Of Arithmeticke \
And Algebra.
\
For Mr Ilenrie Brings \
Professor Of Geometrie Oxforde. " Aa'-Di^
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pp. 3-26,
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Liber Primus. De Computationibus Quantitatum Omnibus Logisticce Speciebus Communium."
D2^-Ll^, pp. 27-81, " Liber Secundus. De Logistica Arithmetica," Ll^
blank. L2^-L4^, pp. 83-88, "Liber Tertius. De Logistica Geometrica." On the
recto of Mi is the title " Algebra foannis Naperi\ Merchistonii Baronis.\ " M2^-P2i,
•p'p. g\-lli, " Liber Primus. De Nominata Algebrce Parte." P2^, blank. P3'-Xi^,
pp. II7-162, "Liber Secundus. De Positiva Sive Cossica Algebra Parte." X2,
blank.
Signatures. 4 leaves [see notes]-!- a to m and A to U in fours -1-X in two =134
leaves.
Paging. 8 -I- xciv numbered -(- 2 -H62 numbered -f- 2 = 268 pages.
There are also two plates, the one a portrait of Napier, the other a view of Merchiston
Castle.
The collation is from a large-paper copy. Each page is enclosed in
a double red line, the title-page being in part printed in red as well as
the headings of chapters etc., throughout the work. Generally, however,
the copies are printed entirely in black and are without the double
line enclosing the type.
In his preface Mark Napier states that he was induced to publish
the work " by the spirited interposition of the Bannatyne and Maitland
Clubs of Scotland." The copies for members of these Clubs
are printed entirely in black on their own water-marked paper, size
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