OZANAM, DICTIONNAIRE MATHEMATIQUE, PARIS, 1691, CONTEMPORARY CALF WITH GILT ARMS, LA ROCHEFOUCAULD COPY

FIRST EDITION, 4to (255 x 190mm.), 22 engraved plates, one folding, woodcut diagrams and illustrations, contemporary calf, gilt arms on sides of La Rochefoucauld [Olivier 710], spine gilt, very slight loss to head of spine

Alexandre de la Rochefoucauld, duc de la Rochefoucauld et de la Roche-Guyon (1690-1752); bought from Jonathan Hill, New York, 1988

Tomash & Williams O62

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Arranged by subject, and including those that were at the time considered to be part of mathematics, the work includes sections on astronomy, navigation, geography, mechanics, fortification, architecture, music, optics, etc. Ozanam considered his to be the first dictionary in the field of mathematics. It was also published in Amsterdam in the same year.