Best Arithmetic Book

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0103 MS GERM 3
Held at	: University College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/special-coll ›
Full title	: Best Arithmetic Book
Date(s)	: 1694
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume containing 66 leaves
Name of creator(s)	: Best | Johann | fl 1694

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Unknown.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 1694: Rechenbuch. An arithmetic book containing problems, including calculations for finding the date of Judgement Day, the Golden Number, etc, together with astrological information. Some of the problems are set out in verse.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
German. Gothic cursive script.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Finding aids:

Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.

Archival Information

Archival history:

The manuscript formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 1022. The volume also bears the Graves ex libris, and the catalogue numbers 149.c.26 and 256.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Graves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Jul 2001