PONCELET, JEAN-VICTOR. Traité des Propriétés Projectives des Figures. 12 folding plates. xlvi, 426, [2] pages, including half-title, and errata at end. 4to, 249x195 mm, contemporary 1/4 calf gilt, top of spine chipped; occasional heavy foxing, mainly at beginning and end, dark stain on top edge toward front of volume. Bookplates of Herbert McLean Evans and the Burndy Library. Paris: Bachelier, 1822
first edition of the first book on the subject, "a pioneering work in projective geometry which had a decisive influence on the subsequent development of the field"--Gascoigne 214. DSB XI, 77.
