M Montucla (4 results)

Leather. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Four Octavo Volumes. Pp. xxi, xvi, 447; xiii, 464; xi, 501; xii, 516, + 75ff. With 75 folding plates, each with several very precise engravings in Arithmetic and Geometry (Volume I) Mechanics and Optics (Volume II) Navigation, Architecture, Chronology, Astronomy, Geography, Pyrotechny; "Gnomics or Dialling" (Volume III) Physics, Electricity, Magnetism, and Chemistry (Volume IV). These include many diagrams, charts, and pictures of devices (hot air balloons, fireworks, an "Eclipsarium," the surface of the Moon, etc.) Additional chapters on Perpetual Lamps, the eyes of animals, and (with unbelief) the Philosopher's Stone. A wonderful, illustrated compendium, with the following condition issues: Volume I: no covers, text block nearly in two pieces; dampstains throughout. Volume II: front cover detached; final three leaves and some plates dampstained; Volume III: both hinges weak; faint dampstain to rear endpaper and last 4 leaves; half inch perforation to ffep. Volume IV: leather scraped from spine ends; light discoloration to endpapers. Extremely rare to find this set with the contents of all four volumes complete. Mutlow (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Four volumes octavo: [iv], xxxvi, 380; [iv], xvi, 390; [iv], xii, 424; [iv], xii, 440pp., complete with half-titles and 98 plates on 97 leaves, some folding. Very good copies in full calf gold stamped with the coat of arms of the East India Company. Corners rubbed and all four volumes simply re-backed in leather, retaining marbled end-papers. Internally very clean. - To see our full mathematics stock click on"Mark Westwood Books PBFA" and see Mathematics in the list of catalogues.…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. 1ª Edición. 1758. Chez Ch. Ant. Jombert. Paris. 2 volumes. In-4º. 26cm. XXXVI+638+680 páginas. Enc. 1ª edição. Dans laquelle on rend compte de leur progrès depuis leur origine jusqu'à nos jours; où l'on expose le tableau et le développement des principales découvertes, les contestations qu'elles ont fait naître, & les principaux traits de la vie des Mathématiciens les plus célèbres. Tome Premier ilustrado com 48 figuras noi final. Tome Second ilustrado com 131 figuras no final. Corte de folhas carminado. Encadernação da época inteira de pele com pequenas falhas nas lombadas e nos cantos. Algumas folhas escurecidas. Muito bom estado.…

Octavo. Improved with many additions and observation by Hutton. Four Volumes in Two, Four Title pages, 98 plates on 97 leaves(some folding) with 4 manuscript pages bound in(mathematical) some plates hand colored(most likely by previous owner?) Hutton was an English mathematician and surveyo. He was a professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and he was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bound in 3/4 maroon polished calf over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands with compartments lettered and decorated in gilt, joints and corners rubbed, some toning or scattered foxing to plates, text clean. A good set of this scarce work.…