OZANAM Jacques. L’Usage du Compas de Proportion, expliqué et demontré d’une manière courte & facile, & augmenté d’un Traité de la division des Champs. Dernière édition, corrigée et aumentée. Paris, Charles Antoine Jombert, 1736. 8vo mm. 190 x 120, pp. 150, [2], with 2 copper plates by Chapelet depicting the proportional compass, and various geometric figures in the text. Contemporary full calf binding, spine with 5 ribs 5, golden titles and ornaments.
Widespread manual illustrating the application of the proportional compass, published for the first time in 1688 and reprinted several times until the end of the eighteenth century, confirming the clarity and practicality of this and other works by the famous French mathematician. Zeitlinger, n. 3427. Nice specimen. The lot is offered with a valid export licence.
OZANAM Jacques. L’Usage du Compas de Proportion, expliqué et demontré d’une manière courte & facile, & augmenté d’un Traité de la division des Champs. Dernière édition, corrigée et aumentée. Paris, Charles Antoine Jombert, 1736. 8vo mm. 190 x 120, pp. 150, [2], with 2 copper plates by Chapelet depicting the proportional compass, and various geometric figures in the text. Contemporary full calf binding, spine with 5 ribs 5, golden titles and ornaments.
Widespread manual illustrating the application of the proportional compass, published for the first time in 1688 and reprinted several times until the end of the eighteenth century, confirming the clarity and practicality of this and other works by the famous French mathematician. Zeitlinger, n. 3427. Nice specimen. The lot is offered with a valid export licence.
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