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PENTHER, Johann Friedrich (1693 - 1749)

Praxis geometriae, worinnen nicht nur alle bey dem Feld-Messen vorkommende Fälle, mit Stäben, dem Astrolabio, der Boussole und der Mensul, in Ausmessung eintzeler Linien, Flächen und gantzer Revier, welche, wenn deren etliche angräntzende zusammen genomme
Augspurg
Jeremia Wolffs
1776
€500 - €600

In-folio (32,5 cm), [10], 97, [5], 55, [1] (blank) pp., 2 frontispieces, title vignette and 39 leaves of folding plates showing geometrical instruments (compass, protractor, ruler, triangle etc.). Numb. I-XXXIX Later edition of this very popular work on applied geometry. Bound with: idem. Gnomonica fundamentalis & mechanica worinnen gewiesen wird, wie man sowol grundlich, als auf mechanische Art, allerhand Sonnen-Uhren (...) verfertigen solle (...). Augsburg, J.M. Spath for J.G. Hertel, 1768, [4]-40-[3-1 bl.] pp. ill. with 15 full-page numb. plates showing geometrical figures, instruments, etc. Numb. I-XV. Both books bound together in contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, ends of spine worn, corners bumped, gilts spine, red edges

mathematics