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LE CLERC, SÉBASTIEN. Pratique de la Géometrie, sur le Papier et sur le Terrein. 82 full-page etched illustrations after Le Clerc. [8], 139, [9] pages, including frontispiece. 12mo, 140x83 mm, 19th-century burgundy morocco gilt, spine faded, joints rubbed; occasional light toning and marginal foxing or soiling, label remnant on front pastedown. Paris: Thomas Jolly, 1669
first edition of a popular manual of applied geometry for artisans and architects, "one of the most attractive little mathematical works ever published" (Hofer), profusely illustrated with geometrical diagrams embellished with landscape, architectural, or genre vignettes. Hofer, Baroque Book Illustration 55.
