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Lot 253

B. BELIDOR'S 1725 MATHEMATICS FOR ARTILLERY & ENGINEERING, ILLUSTRATED

Estimate: $1,320 - $1,500

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Year/Century: 18th century
Language: French
Subject: Military & War
Binding: Leather
Description: Belidor, B.F. de. New mathematics course using algebra and genie, or using the most beneficial aspects of this discipline to the Theory & Practice of Differential Subjects Who Could Have a Relation to Warfare (New Mathematics Course, for Artillery and Engineering Use) Jombert, Paris; 1725 Size: 7.5 × 10"; 34 folding copper plates; 12 lvs; 560 pages; various geometric figures; ballistic curves; hoisting machinery; and pulleys. Used original leather. First edition of Roller G. I, 97, Zeitlinger 325, Jahns 1631. "Made his reputation, a text for artillery cadets and engineers" (DSB I, page 581). A few hand-colored panels with minor imperfections.

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