HAMILTON, Hugh A geometrical treatise of the conic... Lot 1068

HAMILTON, Hugh A geometrical treatise of the conic sections, in which the properties of the sections are derived from the nature of the cone, in an easy manner, and by a new method. London J. Nourse 1773 4to: xv-[1]-211-[3] pp.; 17 folding plates (some foxing). Contemp. calf (rebacked, edges and corners bumped). 1st English edition of the Latin original (1st ed.: 1758) by the mathematician H. Hamilton (1729-1805); this treatise on conic sections was largely acclaimed for its lucidity. Ref. not in Hamilton. Prov. "W.N. Cooper" (ms.).