Nouveau cours de mathématique, à l'usage de l'artillerie et du génie [...]. Nouvelle édition, corrigée & considérablement augmentée.

Paris, Ch.-A. Jombert, 1757

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Lot description

4to; 34 pl. (text n.c., some spotting).

Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spine with raised bands, red edges (rebacked and corners restored, boards sl. rubbed).

Manual (1st 1725) on applied mathematics for artillery cadets and engineers by the French engineer and professor of artillery Belidor (1697-1761). With information on surveying, fortifications, mechanics, etc. Ill. with 34 numb. folding pl. by Lucas showing diagrams, etc.