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HAYES, CHARLES. A Treatise of Fluxions; or, A Treatise of Mathematical Philosophy. [16], xii, 315 pages. Folio, 315x204 mm, contemporary panelled calf, quite worn, spine darkened, covers detached; title soiled and loose with tape discoloration in gutter, later Latin manuscript text and music from the Mass with illuminated initial D in colors depicting God inexplicably added on verso, contents otherwise clean, free endpapers lacking. London: Edward Midwinter for Daniel Midwinter and Thomas Leigh, 1704
first edition. "This was the first English work explaining Newton's method of fluxions--the Newtonian version of the infinitesimal calculus" (ODNB). Babson 175; Wallis 255.8.
