The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments.

Stone, Edmund

Verlag: Holland Press, London, 1972

[.] Translated from the French of M. Bion, Chief Instrument-Maker to the French King. To which are added, The Construction and Uses of such Instruments as are omitted by M. Bion, particularly of those invented or improved by the English. Tall 4to. Hardcover, Pp. 325. Illustrated with images and diagrams, based on the original copper plates. A large format reprint by Holland Press, of the second and English edition of Bion's famous work on early scientific instruments, translated and supplemented by Edmund Stone; originally published in 1758. Strictly limited to 500 copies. In very good condition, with some shelf-wear to the cover. Dust-jacket is torn in top left corner and bottom left corner/ bottom of the spine. Corners also slightly worn and some markings/ watermarks on the cover. Spine is also slightly faded. Dust-jacket unclipped. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with no annotations or creases. Nicolas Bion was an 18th Century maker of mathematical and astronomical instruments, and a globe and sphere merchant. His places of birth and death are unknown. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 036407

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Titel: The Construction and Principal Uses of ...
Verlag: Holland Press, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 1972
Einband: Hardcover
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