Mathematik - Geometrie - - Mallet,

Mathematics - Geometry - - Mallet, Allain Manesson. La géométrie pratique, divisée en quatre livres. 4 vols. With 2 engraved portraits and 493 copper plates. Paris, Anisson, 1702. 22.5 x 14 cm. Leather bindings of the time with 2 spine labels and rich spine gilt (rubbed, capitals partly missing, joints partly chipped). First and only edition. - Graesse IV, 354 - Ornamental engraving slg. Berlin 1731 - Cohen-De Ricci 674 - Poggendorff II, 26 - Third and last work of the military engineer and geographer Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), soldier in the Guard regiment of Louis XIV. - Beautiful and detailed illustrated work, depicting geometric figures, measuring instruments, landscapes, river courses, maps, bridges, castles, churches, harbors with ships, fountains, and especially charming views of cities, mostly to Paris and France, but also from other European countries. - Inner joints partly chipped, collector's stamps on endpapers, some browning and partial spotting. *