Description:
- This is a book on the principles on which the decimal metric system is based, as well as the tables used to reduce the old Castilian measurements to metric ones, and viceversa.
- Book focused so that it can be useful to people who are not well versed in arithmetic, and who only know of this science the practice of the most rudimentary operations that are carried out with whole numbers.
Parts of the Contents:
- Single volume. Spanish copy, with complete text.
- Brown cover. Respect leaf. Title page restored. Title page. Contents. Contents. Respect leaf. Brown flyleaf.
Description of the book:
- Good execution sewn binding, with guillotined cuts, from the Second Half of the 19th Century.
- Text in single-colour black printing, very good ink, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on white paper of medium thickness and good quality.
- Hard covers in half leather, Dutch. New binding.
Conservation and Damage:
- General Condition: Very Good.
- Sewn binding in good condition.
- Guillotined cuts, no soiling and minimal rubbing.
- The book has some rust spots, without affecting the text.
- The title page has been restored.
- The book has not suffered external aggressions such as attacks by insects, rodents, etc.
- The book shows wear and tear typical of it’s age.
Comments:
- Both the Measurements, as well as the Weight, are approximate.
- The tones of the colours in the photos are not exactly the same as the tones of the real colours.
- The Book for sale is the one that corresponds to the photos. The description is not a detailed exposition of the book.
- The data provided here are personal opinions not contrasted.
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