156 - Bion, N. Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique. Quatrième édition, revûe corrigée & augmentée. Paris, Jombert u. Nion fils, 1752. 4 leaves, 448 pages, 6 leaves. With engraved portrait by De Larmessin, engraved frontispiece and engraved head vignette by J.B. Scotin, as well as 37 folded copperplate engravings. 4°. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and rich gilt spine decoration.

Bion, N. Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique. Quatrième édition, revûe corrigée & augmentée. Paris, Jombert u. Nion fils, 1752. 4 leaves, 448 pages, 6 leaves. With engraved portrait by De Larmessin, engraved frontispiece and engraved head vignette by J.B. Scotin, as well as 37 folded copperplate engravings. 4°. Contemporary leather binding with spine label and rich gilt spine decoration. DSB 2, pages 132 f.; cf. Grewe 625. - Fourth edition, considerably expanded compared to the first edition of 1709, but only slightly expanded compared to the third edition of 1725. - Bion (1653-1733) was one of the most renowned French instrument makers of his time. Unlike his colleagues, who specialized, he produced all the common instruments of his time with high precision... The work provides a good overview of the mathematical instruments produced in the first half of the 18th century... (Catalogue of Measure, Number and Weight; HAB 2001, No. 7.3). - With numerous small, but detailed and precisely engraved illustrations. - Title page with two stamps of the Princely Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg Court Library, Kleinheubach. - Only a few minimal foxing spots, endpaper with small holes at the hinge. - Plates in strong impressions.