Rechnender Feld-Mässer, Oder Geometra: Welcher Die, bey der Geometrie eingeführte und so genannte Decimal-Rechnung.

Bautzen, Richter, 1730

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8vo: [8]-88 pp. (some spotting and browning throughout).

Contemp. quarter calf, paper over covers, blind-st. flat spine, sp. edges (some wormwork on spine).

First edition by the German mathematician and astronomer Chr. Pescheck (1676-1744) who gained popularity through the publication of numerous arithmetic books. Woodcut ill. in-text. Printed in Gothic.
Ref. Poggendorff II:410. - VD18 11575409.
Bound with: 1. Id. - Selbstlehrender Trigonometra, Oder Dreyeck-Mässer [...]. Ibid., id. 7-134 pp.; 1 pl. First ed. Ill. with one full-page woodcut. Ref. Poggendorff II:410. - VD18 15320464. - 2. [Bound first] Elementa Matheseos in novam et facilem methodum digesta, ad usum studiosae juventutis collegii Wratislaviensis, societatis Jesu. Wrocław, Schlunke, 1756. 150-[2] pp. Curious and rare edition. Ref. Cp. DBS IX:1017 (ed. 1752).