[Mathematical notes]

Contributor:

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 (former owner); Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988 (former owner); Stanitz, John D. (former owner); Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1789

Description:

3 disbound smaller bifolia with notes and problems concerning geometrical construction, spherical geometry, and the theory of proportion; and 3 disbound larger bifolia with advanced algebra notes employing cubic and quadratic equations.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Possible ownership inscription, M. Baumann, on one of the larger bifolia.; Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (Kraus).; Sold as part of the residue of the Phillipps collection first to William H. Robinson Ltd., 1945, and again to H.P. Kraus, Mar. 1978, ms. 842.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 12.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs181.html

Subject:

Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics; Algebra -- Early works to 1800; Algebra; Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Geometry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Diagrams; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

6 leaves : paper; 260 x 416 mm, 324 x 410 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. leaves.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Collation: Paper, 6 bifolia; 3 smaller bifolia have contemporary numeration 1-3, upper right recto of first leaf.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Small geometrical diagrams in ink in the margins of the smaller bifolia.; Watermarks: GT with a small heart between the 2 initials (geometry notes, smaller bifolia); G. Touchard/Marché 1789 with countermark of bunch of grapes and O. Overard en Marché with countermark of 1781 (cubic and quadratic equations, larger bifolia); Origin: Written in France after 1789 (later date in watermarks).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 181

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)