LA GNOMONIQUE, OU L'ART DE FAIRE DES CADRANS
by Rivard, Dominique Françoi
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About This Item
Pari, 1746. xv,[1],324,53,[1]pp. plus twelve engraved folding plates. Contemporary mottled calf, raised bands, spine gilt, leather label. Some scuffing along outer hinges, corners worn. Contemporary inscriptions on titlepage. Else just about very good. Ex-Horticultural Society of New York, with bookplate but no other markings. Second edition, revised, after the first of 1742, of this important French work on sun dials. Rivard (1697-1778) was an important French mathematician who was influential in the introduction of the teaching of mathematics in the University of Paris. His other works include the ELEMENTS DE MATHEMATIQUES (1740) and TRAITE DE LA SPHERE (1741), among others on geometry and mathematics. The NUC locates only four copies of this edition (MB, MH, CtY, DLC).
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM23479
- Title
- LA GNOMONIQUE, OU L'ART DE FAIRE DES CADRANS
- Author
- Rivard, Dominique Françoi
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Pari
- Date Published
- 1746
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Bookplate
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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