BAKER, HUMPHREY.

by HUMPHREY Baker

£4,250 · Offered by Sokol Books

.A rare edition of this important and most influential arithmetic by Humphrey Baker, one of the most popular of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Humphrey Baker was a teacher in sixteenth-century London, the translator of a book on almanacs, and the author of the very successful arithmetic primer, The Welspring of Sciences , embodying its author s infectious enthusiasm for its subject (he once compared arithmetic to good wine, which needed no garlande to persuade buyers of its merits). First published in 1562 The Welspring went into many editions down to 1670: the later versions were simply called Baker s Artithmetick . .The author rewrote it in his later years and editions from 1580 onwards are more complete. The final section of the book gave a selection of mathematical amusements, some of the first pieces of recreational mathematics to be printed in England . Benjamin Wardhaugh A Wealth of Numbers . Humphrey Baker was a specialised teacher of mathematics and his method of teaching differed from the traditional approach. The curriculum of London's schools and academies was surprisingly wide-ranging and included basic instruction as well as guidance in more specialised subjects. .. In addition to the guild based training of apprentices, London also posted a variety of more specialised academies, including foreign-language schools, mathematics schools and schools that taught the art of navigation. Humphrey Baker, a well-known mathematical writer, took boarders into his

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