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                    Thomas Simpson (1710-1761), English mathematician, eponym of Simpson's Rule [ John Nourse of the Strand, London bookseller ]        
         
 
1p., landscape 12mo. In fair condition,  lightly aged, with central spike hole. Addressed on reverse to 'Mr Nourse | Bookseller | in the Strand.'  He is sending '10 Copies of Geometry', and asks him to send 'the Book of Algebra and Mr. Walmsley's Book by the Bearers'.