[MANUSCRIPTS - MATHEMATICS]. Notebook containing exercises in geometry and trigonometry. [France, 17th century].
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$300 -
$400
Sold for $219
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MANUSCRIPTS - MATHEMATICS]. Notebook containing exercises in geometry and trigonometry. [France, 17th century].
ca 184 pp, 12mo (132 x 71mm). In French. Written in a neat cursive in dark brown ink. Illustrated throughout with numerous finely drawn diagrams. The book is divided in to six books, with a list of definitions at the start of each book followed by a series of propositions. (Several openings with large brown ink stains with some show-through on versos or affecting nearby leaves.) Bound in 17th-century French calf gilt (a little wear to head of spine and joints, rubbed). Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate, shelfmark and small embossed stamps).
This lot is located in Chicago.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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