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[Mathematics] VAN DER HUIPS, Frans Algebra; ofte Een noodige, korte en klare onder-wijsinge inde beginzelen en gronden vande stel-konst [...]. Amsterdam, H.T. de Vries, 2 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [12]-181-[3], [2]-pp. (some minor soiling). Contemp. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (browned). Good copy. Very rare second enl. and corr. edition of this algebra manual by F. van der Huips (fl. 1654-1675). Apart from the preface and quires L-M, it's a reissue of the equally rare ed. (Dordrecht, J. Braat, for the author and sold by H. Troyen (Heusden)). The 2nd part is "De stel-konstige boecken", by Diophantus of Alexandria, trsl. by van der Huips. Colophon (Dordrecht, J. Braat, pasted over by blank paper slip. Ref. Hoogendoorn HUIPS1.- STCN (1 copy: UB Amsterdam). Prov. "Ralph Davison" (ms. entries). - Earls of Macclesfield, South Library at Shirburn Castle (19th-c. arm. bookpl. & blind stamps).