The doctrine and application of fluxions. Containing (besides what is common on the subject) a number of new improvements in the theory. And the solution of a variety of new, and very interesting, problems in different branches of the mathematicks.

2 vol., 8vo: xi-[1]-274-[2], [2]-(275-)576 pp. (1st lvs in preface randomly bound, sl. toned).

Contemp. calf, spine with 5 bands (sl. rubbed).

Revised, 2nd enlarged edition (1st ed.: 1750) of the most advanced textbook for beginners written in the 18th century. Th. Simpson (1710–1761), the son of a weaver, was an autodidact in arithmetic, algebra and almanac geometry. With numerous in-text diagrams.
Ref. Honeyman 2851 (1st ed.). - M. Blanco. "Thomas Simpson: Weaving fluxions in 18th-century London." In Historia Mathematica 41/1 (2014), pp. 38-81.
Prov. Mod. bookpl. - Handwritten "S.S. Rawlinson".