[MANUSCRIPT - MATHEMATICS]. “Géométrie.” Paris, 1901-1902. With a section on perspective and architecture at end, sections on the calculations of angles and surface area, and pages of illustrated diagrams facing text throughout.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $250
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Lot Description
[MANUSCRIPT - MATHEMATICS]. “Géométrie.” Paris, 1901-1902.
36 leaves, folio (325 x 242). In French. Written in a fine calligraphic hand in black ink. Decorative Art Nouveau-style frontispiece in full watercolor; diagrams in ink (occasionally with wash). Bound in green gilt-lettered cloth. Provenance: Andrée Wehlen (binding, school prize inscription from Director Auguste Louvrier de Lajolais 27 July 1902 and stamp from L'École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs on flyleaf).
With a section on perspective and architecture at end, and with sections on the calculations of angles and surface area, and with pages of illustrated diagrams facing text throughout. Lajolais, a painter, was devoted to reforming teaching of decorative art, which he achieved through is appointments as director of the L'École Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Limoges, and Aubusson.
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