CATALOGUE. 129
II.—De Arte Logistica, in Latin.
De Arte Logistica|Joannis Naperi|Merchistonii Baronis| Libri Qui Supersunt.| Impressum Edinburgi|M.DCCC.XXXIX. |
4°. Large paper. Size 1114 x 878 inches. There are 4 leaves at the beginning. The first is entirely blank, on the recto of the second is the single line “De Arte Logistica.”, on the recto of the third is the Title-page as above, and on the recto of the fourth is the Dedication to Francis Lord Napier of Merchiston. The number and arrangement of these pages is slightly different in the Club copies—see note.
On the recto of a1 is the word “Introduction.”a21–m32, pp. iii-xciv, “Introduction.” by Mark Napier, dated 1 November 1839.
On the recto of m4 is the line “De Arte Logistica.”, and on the recto of A1 is the title “The|Baron Of Merchiston|His Booke Of Arithmeticke|And Algebra.|For Mr Henrie Briggs|Professor Of Geometrie|At Oxforde.|” A21–D12, pp. 3–26, “Liber Primus. De Computationibus Quantitatum Omnibus Logistice Speciebus Communium.” D21–L11, pp. 27–81, “Liber Secundus. De Logistica Arithmetica,” L12 blank. L22–L42, pp. 83–88, “Liber Tertius. De Logistica Geometrica.” On the recto of M1 is the title “Algebra Joannis Naperi|Merchistonii Baronis.|” M21–P21, pp. 91–115, “Liber Primus. De Nominata Algebra Parte.” P22, blank. P31–X12, pp. 117–162, “Liber Secundus. De Positiva Sive Cossica Algebre Parte.” X2, blank.
Signatures. 4 leaves [see notes] + a to m and A to U in fours + X in two = 134 leaves.
Paging. 8 + xciv numbered + 2 + 162 numbered + 2 = 268 pages.
There are also two plates, the one a portrait of Napier, the other a view of Merchiston Castle.
The collation is from a large-paper copy. Each page is enclosed in a double red line, the title-page being in part printed in red as well as the headings of chapters etc., throughout the work. Generally, how- ever, the copies are printed entirely in black and are without the double line enclosing the type.
In his preface Mark Napier states that he was induced to publish the work “by the spirited interposition of the Bannatyne and Maitland Clubs of Scotland.” The copies for members of these Clubs are printed entirely in black on their own water-marked paper, size
