Published by Printed by J. Matthews, for R. Knaplock, London, 1702
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Second edition. [10], 134pp, [8]. Contemporary blind-ruled speckled calf. Lightly rubbed, slight surface loss to lower board. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, very occasional light spotting. The revised and expanded edition of a popular primer on geometry by French Catholic Priest and Mathematician Ignace Gaston Pardies (1636-1673). First printed as Elemens de geometrie in 1671, the first edition in English, translated for the use of his students by lecturer on science John Harris (c.1666-1719), appeared in 1701. ESTC records copies at five locations in the British Isles, and one other worldwide (Oklahoma). ESTC T110041. Size: 8vo.