拍品 67
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BION, THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRINCIPAL USES OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, LONDON, 1758

估價
500 - 700 GBP
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描述

  • The construction and principal uses of mathematical instruments. Translated from the French of M. Bion, chief instrument-maker to the French King. To which are added, the construction and uses of such instruments as are omitted by M. Bion; particularly of those invented or improved by the English. London: Printed for J. Richardson, 1758
Second English edition, folio (349 x 226mm.), woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, 30 engraved plates, contemporary calf, minor marginal loss to plate 7 (not affecting image), binding worn, rebacked and repaired

來源

Bindon Blood (1755-1855), ink stamp to verso of title, dated 1793 in manuscript; Cardinal Hayes Library, New York, Manhattan College, blindstamp to title; bought from Michael Phelps, UK, 1992, Catalogue 43, item 57

出版

Tomash & Williams B160; ESTC T162478

Condition

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