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1318 - BOULENGER, Jean. *Geometry, or the Measurement of Distant Straight Lines by the Geometric Square*, Paris (Pierre Charpentier & Nicolas Leroy) 1624. Pet-in-4°, modern semi-soft vellum binding, printed title page, engraved title page dated 1623 “for the Author residing at the Hostel de Soissons,” 172 pp. + [viii, table], numerous drawings and copperplate engravings in the text. Very slightly browned, with water stains on the last two quires. Endpapers replaced.
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BOULENGER, Jean. *Geometry, or the Measurement of Distant Straight Lines by the Geometric Square*, Paris (Pierre Charpentier & Nicolas Leroy) 1624. Pet-in-4°, modern semi-soft vellum binding, printed title page, engraved title page dated 1623 “for the Author residing at the Hostel de Soissons,” 172 pp. + [viii, table], numerous drawings and copperplate engravings in the text. Very slightly browned, with water stains on the last two quires. Endpapers replaced. Provenance Le Seneur (inscription on both title pages) A charming work intended for the education of the young Louis XIII, written by the tutor of Louis de Bourbon-Soissons. Jean Boulenger (c. 1550–1637), a native of Troyes, worked as an engraver in his hometown and in Paris during the 1610s and 1620s. He combined this work with teaching mathematics and became a member of the Royal College in 1607. A second edition of the work appeared in 1628, followed by another in 1628. The printed title page from 1624 appears to be missing from most copies. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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