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L'Abbè DEIDIER

Geometry, Geometry. DEIDIER. La Science des Geometres, ou la Theorie et la Pratique de la Geometrie.

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L'Abbè DEIDIER
Geometry, Geometry. DEIDIER. La Science des Geometres, ou la Theorie et la Pratique de la Geometrie.
mm. 250x200 

4to; Contemporary full calf binding, spinewith 5 ribs enhanced with gold, marbled endpapers, brown edges; pp. 16 nn.,including half title and Titlepage, 654, 4 nn.; 4 illustrated headpieces engraved by Cochin fils, woodcut Final, 47copper plates folded out text. Note of possesison dated 1791. Sign of dampstain at the first 50 pages, slight signs of yellowing, for the rest good copy.

 

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First edition. Substantial work that illustrates the application of geometry in different professions, from surveying to geodesy of civil and military architecture. In addition to the Elements of Euclid, it contains “Trigonometrie, la Longimetrie, l’Altimetrie, le Nivellement, la Planimetrie, la Géodésie, la Méthode des Indivisibles, les Sections Coniques, la Stereometrie, le Jaugeage, la mesure des Onglets, des Corps Annulaires, des Solides... et des Voutes de toutes especes”. Mosselmans:“Véritable encyclopédie du géomètre, en tant qu’arpenteur et métreur.”

Bibliography

Quérard, II, 426; Poggendorff, I, 537 ; Zeitlinger, n. 989; Mosselmans, Les Géomètres Arpenteurs, n. 79.
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