Live auction - Lot 1114
[Geometry - Fortifications]
Nouveaux élémens de géométrie de Blainville, contenans l'arpentage des superficies accessibles et inaccessibles. Ensemble la méthode de toiser toutes fortes d'ouvrages d'architecture.
Rouen, J.-B. Besongne, 1714
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
3 parts in 1 vol., 8vo: [8]-290-[6], 78-[9], 70 pp.; 5 pl. (some min. browning and spotting).
Contemp. calf (corners bumped and rubbed), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (some tiny wormholes at tail), marbled endpapers, red sp. edges.
Later edition (1st 1697 with title "Traité du jauge universel"), but first under this new title by the French architect Moitoiret (ca. 1650-1710). Ill. with 5 fold. woodcut pl. and many woodcuts in-text.
Ref. Poggendorff I:1539. - BnF. - Cp. COPAC.
Prov. Bibliotheca architectura militaris, Brigitte und Klaus Jordan (bookpl.).