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OZANAM, JACQUES. Dictionnaire Mathématique; ou, Idée Générale des Mathématiques.Dans lequel sont contenus les Termes de cette Science, outre plusieurs Termes des Arts & et autres Sciences. 22 engraved plates; woodcut diagrams and music examples in text. [16], 739 pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, 238x179 mm, contemporary calf gilt with morocco lettering piece, joints cracked at top and bottom, cover corners worn through; occasional toning or browning, scattered minor spotting, strip missing from blank outer margin of additional title, unidentified monogram stamp on letterpress title. Amsterdam: Huguetan, 1691
The first French-language dictionary of mathematics and the sciences, originally published the same year in Paris, divided into sections on mathematics, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, cosmography, astronomy, navigation, geography, planetary, solar, and lunar theory, optics, perspective, gnonomics, catoptrics and dioptrics, painting, mechanics, statics, architecture and fortification, and music. Houzeau & Lancaster 9334.
