Pratique de la Geometrie sur le Papier et sur le Terrain. Avec un nouvel Ordre...
Engraved frontis., an engraved head-piece at beginning of the dedication, & 82 full-page engravings in the text. 4 p.l. (incl. frontis.), 41, 139, [8] pp. 12mo, 18th-cent. green morocco, sides panelled in gilt, flat spine gilt, a.e.g. Paris: T. Jolly, 1669 (colophon dated 1668).
First edition, and a lovely copy, of this uncommon and influential book, a popular manual for artists and architects. This is “one of the most attractive little mathematical works ever published.”–Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration, pp. 14 & 32. The illustrations in this book show beautiful small landscapes in the lower portion of the image, while the... More