The Earliest arithmetics in English /
ed. with introduction by Robert Steele.
- London : Pub. for the Early English Text Society, by H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922.
- xviii, 84 p. : ills ; 22 cm.
- Early English Text Society. Extra series, no. CXVIII. 1922 (for 1916) .
Early English Text Society's list of publications, etc. (8 p.) at end.
Introduction.--The crafte of nombrynge, a translation and amplification of one of the glosses on the De algorismo of Alexander de Villa Dei (Egerton ms. 2622)--The art of nombryng, a translation of John of Holywood's De arte numerandi (Ashmole ms. 396, fol. 48)--Accomptynge by counters, reprinted from the 1543 edition of Robert Record's Arithmetic, printed by R. Wolfe.--Appendix I. A treatise on the numeration of algorism (From a 14th century ms.) II. Carmen de algorismo, by Alexander de Villa Dei (B.M. ms., 8 C IV., with additions from 12 E. 1 & Eg. 2622)
Arithmetic--Early works to 1900. Mathematics--History. Algorithms.