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Robert Recorde's Arithmetic: or, The Ground of Arts was one of the first printed English textbooks on arithmetic and the most popular of its time. The Ground of Arts appeared in London in 1543,^[1] and it was reprinted around 45 more editions until 1700.^[1] Editors and contributors of new sections included John Dee, John Mellis, Robert Hartwell, Thomas Willsford, and finally Edward Hatton.

The text is in the format of a dialogue between master and student to facilitate learning arithmetic without a teacher.

References

^ ^a ^b Johnston, Stephen (2004). "Recorde, Robert (c.1512–1558)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/23241. Retrieved 26 January 2012. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

Bregman, Alvan (1 July 2005). "Alligation Alternate and the Composition of Medicines: Arithmetic and Medicine in Early Modern England". Med. Hist. 49 (3): 299–320. doi:10.1017/s0025727300008899. PMC 1172291. PMID 16092789.
Karpinski, Louis (1925). The history of arithmetic. Rand McNally. LCC QA21.K3.
Recorde, Robert (1543). The Grounde of Artes. London: Reynold Wolff. LCC QA33.R3 1542a.
Recorde, Robert (1699) [1543]. Edward Hatton (ed.). Arithmetick, or, The ground of arts. London: J.H. for Charles Harper.

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-[[Robert Recorde]]'s '''''Arithmetic: or, The Ground of Arts''''' was one of the first [[printing|printed]] [[English language|English]] [[textbook]]s on [[arithmetic]] and the most popular of its time. It was preceded only by two anonymous texts in 1537 and 1539; ''The Ground of Arts'' appeared in [[London]] in 1543,<ref name=ODNB>{{cite web|first=Stephen|last=Johnston|title=Recorde, Robert (c.1512–1558)|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23241|accessdate=2012-01-26|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23241}} {{ODNBsub}}</ref> and it was reprinted around 45 more editions until 1700.<ref name=ODNB/> Editors and contributors of new sections included [[John Dee (mathematician)|John Dee]], [[John Mellis]], [[Robert Hartwell]], [[Thomas Willsford]], and finally [[Edward Hatton (fl. 1696–1714)|Edward Hatton]].
+[[Image:1543 Robert Recorde.PNG|thumb|''The Ground of Arts'']]
+[[Robert Recorde]]'s '''''Arithmetic: or, The Ground of Arts''''' was one of the first [[printing|printed]] [[English language|English]] [[textbook]]s on [[arithmetic]] and the most popular of its time. ''The Ground of Arts'' appeared in [[London]] in 1543,<ref name=ODNB>{{cite ODNB|first=Stephen|last=Johnston|title=Recorde, Robert (c.1512–1558)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23241|accessdate=2012-01-26|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/23241}}</ref> and it was reprinted around 45 more editions until 1700.<ref name=ODNB/> Editors and contributors of new sections included [[John Dee (mathematician)|John Dee]], [[John Mellis]], [[Robert Hartwell]], [[Thomas Willsford]], and finally [[Edward Hatton (fl. 1696–1714)|Edward Hatton]].
+The text is in the format of a [[dialogue]] between master and student to facilitate [[learning]] arithmetic without a [[teacher]].
 ==References==
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 *{{cite journal | first = Alvan | last = Bregman | date=1 July 2005| title = Alligation Alternate and the Composition of Medicines: Arithmetic and Medicine in Early Modern England | journal = Med. Hist. | volume = 49 | issue = 3 | pages = 299&ndash;320 | pmid = 16092789 | pmc = 1172291 | doi=10.1017/s0025727300008899}}
-*{{cite book | first=Louis | last=Karpinski | authorlink=Louis Charles Karpinski | title=The history of arithmetic | publisher=Rand McNally | year=1925 | id={{LCC|QA21.K3}}}}
+*{{cite book | first=Louis | last=Karpinski | author-link=Louis Charles Karpinski | title=The history of arithmetic | publisher=Rand McNally | year=1925 | id={{LCC|QA21.K3}}}}
 *{{cite book | first=Robert | last=Recorde | title=The Grounde of Artes | location=London | publisher=Reynold Wolff | year=1543 | id={{LCC|QA33.R3|1542a}} }}
-*{{cite book | first=Robert | last=Recorde | title=Arithmetick, or, The ground of arts | location = London | publisher=J.H. for Charles Harper | origyear = 1543| year=1699 | editor = Edward Hatton, ed. | url=http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:12827389}}
+*{{cite book | first=Robert | last=Recorde | title=Arithmetick, or, The ground of arts | location = London | publisher=J.H. for Charles Harper | orig-year = 1543| year=1699 | editor = Edward Hatton| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8NJomIVzlgC&pg=PA9}}
+==Further reading==
+* John Denniss & Fenny Smith, "Robert Recorde and his remarkable Arithmetic", pages 25 to 38 in Gareth Roberts & Fenny Smith (editors) (2012) ''Robert Recorde: The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician'', Cardiff: [[University of Wales Press]] {{ISBN|978-0-7083-2526-1}}
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