Elements of Geometry: On the basis of Dr. Brewster's Legendre
New Haven: Durrie and Peck, 1844.
Price: $275.00
Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 12, 237pp., with 12 pages of publisher's advertisements at the front. Illustrated with tables and diagrams. Contemporary full sheep, black morocco spine label. Contemporary owner's stamp: "Josiah H. Greely" on the front free endpaper. Light dampstain to the first five leaves, scattered foxing, very good or better. A handsome copy of this scarce early American imprint. From the library of the artists Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with an estate label designed by their son, Jonathan Shahn.
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