Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique.

8vo: [8]-347-[5] pp.; 28 pl. (some min. spotting and browning, some upper corners dampstained near the end of the vol.).

Contemp. calf (corners repaired), gilt orn. spine with 5 raised bands (head and tail repaired, joints cracked).

First edition by N. Bion (1652-1733), manufacturer of mathematical and astronomical instruments, and globes and spheres merchant. Ill. with a dedicatory headpiece and 28 engr. pl. (some folding). Bion wrote one of the most important books on scientific instuments of his time. He explained clearly to the general reader the different types of instruments that existed and how they worked.
Ref. Poggendorff I:194/195. - COPAC. - BnF.