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An excellent example. Gaspard Monge invented descriptive geometry, the science of presenting a three dimensional object on a two dimensional plane.
An excellent example. Gaspard Monge invented descriptive geometry, the science of presenting a three dimensional object on a two dimensional plane.
An excellent example. Gaspard Monge invented descriptive geometry, the science of presenting a three dimensional object on a two dimensional plane.
An excellent example. Gaspard Monge invented descriptive geometry, the science of presenting a three dimensional object on a two dimensional plane.

MONGE, Gaspard.

Feuilles d'analyse appliquée a la Géométrie...

Paris, Badouin, An 9 [1801].

£1,250.00
£1,250.00

Feuilles d'analyse appliquée a la Géométrie...

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Second edition, enlarged, of this significant work by the inventor of descriptive geometry, originally published as a series of lectures in 1795.

Descriptive geometry is the science of presenting a three dimensional object on a two dimensional plane. Monge's methods, which allowed for accurate representation of objects, including shadows and vanishing points, were so revolutionary at the time that they were made military secrets. Using his formulae one could send accurate representations of objects to allies (information on fortifications was particularly useful, as the Napoleonic wars were ongoing).

Monge later led the production of the Description de l'Égypte, and the accuracy of many of the depictions is testimony to his methods. Current applications of his breakthrough are numerous, and include 3D films and architectural modelling.

Second edition; 4to; 3 engraved plates; contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, very good condition; 142 pp.

Stock code 92468

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An excellent example. Gaspard Monge invented descriptive geometry, the science of presenting a three dimensional object on a two dimensional plane.

Feuilles d'analyse appliquée a la Géométrie...

£1,250.00
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Fourth printing, an exceptional copy of Foundations of Potential Theory by Oliver Dimon Kellog, in a beautiful example of the dust jacket.
Fourth printing, an exceptional copy of Foundations of Potential Theory by Oliver Dimon Kellog, in a beautiful example of the dust jacket.

KELLOG, Oliver Dimon.
Foundations of Potential Theory. 1970.
£250.00

The first edition of philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples's condensed version of Boethius's De Arithmetica (On Arithmetic), published by Hneri Estienne in 1503.
The first edition of philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples's condensed version of Boethius's De Arithmetica (On Arithmetic), published by Hneri Estienne in 1503.

BOETHIUS; D'ÉTAPLE, Lefèvre; BOVELLES, J. & C.; CLICHTOVE, J.
Epitome compendiosaq(ue) introductio in libros Arithmeticos diui Seuerini Boetij: 1503.
The first edition of philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples's condensed version of Boethius's De Arithmetica (On Arithmetic), published by Hneri Estienne in 1503.
£7,500.00

First edition of the first work on the theory of matrices, Memoire on the Theory of Matrices, published in 1858 by the founder of the field, Arthur Cayley.
First edition of the first work on the theory of matrices, Memoire on the Theory of Matrices, published in 1858 by the founder of the field, Arthur Cayley.

CAYLEY, Arthur.
Memoire on the Theory of Matrices. 1858.
£2,000.00

First edition of Pierre Simon Laplace's Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Treatise on Celestial Mechanics), published between 1799 and 1825.
First edition of Pierre Simon Laplace's Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Treatise on Celestial Mechanics), published between 1799 and 1825.

LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de.
Traité de Mécanique Céleste. AN VII [1799] - AN XI 1802; Courcier, AN XIII, 1805; Huzard-Courcier, AN XIII 1805; Bachelier, 1825.
'the sequel to newton'.
£15,000.00

The very rare first edition of John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations... upon the Bills of Mortality, the 1662 book that founded demography and medical statistics.
The very rare first edition of John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations... upon the Bills of Mortality, the 1662 book that founded demography and medical statistics.

GRAUNT, John.
Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, 1662.
£65,000.00

Second edition of Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres by Adrien Marie Legendre, with the first supplement.
Second edition of Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres by Adrien Marie Legendre, with the first supplement.

LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie.
Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres [with] Supplément a l'essai sur la Théorie des Nombres. 1808; 1816.
£2,000.00

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