First edition of a rare Dutch algebra textbook.
Dedicated to scientist Petrus van Musschenbroek and divided into four 'books', it includes exercises and their solutions on basic algebra, polynomial equations, arithmetic, logarithms, etc. It was reissued in 1749 and 1766.
The author, Symon Panser, was an Embden teacher of mathematics, astronomy and navigation. He wrote several works on algebra, arithmetics, astronomy and solar eclipses. The lovely unsophisticated portrait is by J. Heze.
First edition of a rare Dutch algebra textbook, with a frontispiece portrait
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Symon Panser.
Mathematische rariteit-kamer. Zynde een volkoomen beschryvinge van de algebra.
Groningen, Jacobus Sipkes, 1747.