NEWBERY, JOHN.: Arithmetic made Familiar and Easy to Young Gentlemen and Ladies, being the second volume of the circle of the sciences.

London, T Carnan and F Newbery, 1777.

18mo, pp vi, 198, contemporary plain sheep, gilt ruled and numbered '2' to the spine, joints cracked but holding soundly, internally clean and tight throughout, a very good copy, FOURTH EDITION; second in the Circle of Sciences series issued originally, and possible written, by John Newbery. They were an early commercial success, this title first appearing in 1746 under the title 'The Art of Arithmetic'. Seven volumes in all would eventually be published, this a particularly well preserved example in contemporary, perhaps original, plain sheep. Maryanne Lewis owned the book in 1782, according to an endpaper inscription and she evidently kept it well. £250.00