construction principal uses mathematical instruments von bion nicolas (8 Ergebnisse)

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hardback, large 4to, 3.3Kg., viii,325pp, 30 plates, slight foxing on edges and endpapers, otherwise clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper. wrapper unevenly faded and a couple of small tears on edges.

Tall 4to. (viii), 325, [ads 1] pp. 30 plates. Black cloth, dust-jacket; corners bumped, jacket sunned and chipped. Ownership signature. Very good. Reprint of the Second and best English Edition. Translated from the French by Edmund Stone. The superb plates illustrate many fine instruments, including the telescope, quadrant, sun dial, compass, the pendulum clock, various astronomical instruments, and much more. See: DSB, II, pp. 132-133.

First English language edition; folio (34.5 x 22 cm); 25 engraved folding plates, tables within the text, woodcut head and tail-pieces and decorative initials, small contemporary pen mark to the front free endpaper, 20th century manuscript note taped to the front pastedown, 20th century bookseller's label tipped-in on the rear pastedown, some spotting and toning to the plates, heavy foxing of the final 8 leaves of text; contemporary calf rebacked with the original spine laid down, red morocco label, edges of text block speckled in red, corners repaired, boards scuffed and marked, very good condition; 264pp. First English language edition of 'the most famous book devoted to instruments' of the eighteenth century (Knight, Sources for the History of Science 1660-1914, p. 202), written by the instrument maker to Louis XIV and first published in French in 1709. Nicolas Bion (1652-1733) was 'a master of his craft with an excellent working technique' whose workshop 'must have been one of the most frequented of his period. While his colleagues tended to specialise in the making of globes, mathematical instruments, sun-dials, or mechanical devices, Bion was able to supply all these articles, whatever they might be, of excellent quality. Unique among his fellow instrument makers in this respect, he wrote several books which achieved great success, and perhaps contributed even more than his instruments, to making his name' (Daumas, Scientific Instruments of the 17th & 18th Centuries, p. 79). The present volume 'gives a fairly exhaustive survey of the instruments which a workshop in the first quarter of the eighteen the century was able to offer its clients. The book was intended for the amateur public and its success was due to both the widespread interest shown in mechanics and astronomy, and to the fact that it was adapted to the practical needs of land surveyors and military engineers' (Knight p. 80). The translator of this edition, Edmund Stone (1695?-1768), was a self-taught mathematician who made a number of important translations of French works, including the standard textbook on Leibniz's differential calculus (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).

Hardcover. First English Edition. Folio, vii, [1], 264 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in full contemporary diced calf, later rebacked with new spine, and paneled with morocco label and gilt titling. Boards show some wear and rubbing, primarily to covers. Text block has a small closed tear to lower edge of page 143, significant age toning to signatures 3S-3X, and light age toning to several plates browned. Title page printed in red and black. Twenty-six folding plates present (plate 26 detached from binding, attached to rear endpaper, but present). Bookplate of Thomas Williams to front pastedown, and a small ownership stamp (in red ink) to front free end paper. English language translation of Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathematique. SP consignment. Shelved in Case 3. Reference: ESTC T162523. 1343906. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Edition : First Edition [with Second Edition Appendix], Full contemporary calf, with double gilt ruling on upper and lower boards. Spine in seven compartments of raised bands with gilt ruling. Red morocco label with gilt title on two. All edges speckled red. , Nicolas Bion was engineer for mathematical instruments to the King of France. Despite his fame, only a few of his instruments survive. Edmund Stone was the son of a gardener to the Scottish Duke of Argyle. He eventually rose from his low-born station to become a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1725. This is the first edition, together with the appendix to the second edition of 1758, making this nearly identidical to the second expanded edition with the exception that, in this copy, there is no separate title page for the Appendix. This copy of the first edition of 1723 has the second edition appendix bound in at the rear in such a fashion as to appear continuous. The appendix with 4 more plates was issued by Richardson in 1758 for his reprint of the work. In the Richardson Second Edition the pagination and register are continuous after page 264 apart from the addition of a separate title page and prelims for the appendix. However, in this copy the first 264 pages are the first edition issue and the appendix (pp.265-325) is Richardson?s appendix continuously paginated, but with a separate register, showing this to be a separate issue of the appendix designed to make up copies of the first edition. The verso of the last leaf of the appendix is an advertisement for J. Richardson?s books. This is most unusual. The ?second edition? published by Richardson is identical in text and plates until the appendix, but copies of this edition have a continuous register. \\\"[Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments] gives a fairly complete list of instruments normally constructed during the first quarter of the eighteenth century.\\\" (DSB II pp. 132/133) The book deals in many areas of science: astronomy, navigation, geography, artillery, and all the tools used by architects and engineers for design. , Size : Small folio (341x215mm), Illustrated with 30 fold-out copper engravings consisting of various diagrams and depictions of mathematical instruments. , Edmund Stone, P. Title, Blank, Dedication (iii-iv), Translator?s Preface (v-vii), Errata, 1-325, Advertisement. A handsome copy. Text and plates are clean and crisp.