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METAYER-MERMOZ Maison de Ventes aux Enchères NEVERS

60 - [SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS]
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Estimate €200 - €300
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[SCIENCE/MATHEMATICS] [PUBLISHERS] New treatises on rectilinear and spherical trigonometry [...] with a treatise on gnomonics, Paris, H.L. Guérin and J. Guérin, 1741 One in-4 volume in full calfskin, with gilt fillets on the covers, bound with the coat of arms of Lyon, spine with raised bands richly decorated with: XII, (6) pages, 118 pages, (202) pages, (2), 169 pages, (1), 17 folding plates First edition of this ‘Work useful to those who wish to study astronomy, geography, navigation, & other branches of the mathematics of solid geometry’, illustrated with 17 plates and numerous tables. Copy bearing the coat of arms of the city of Lyon. A prize book from the Lyon School of the Holy Trinity. Label from the Librairie Centrale des Sciences in Paris. Bookplate of Léon Leroy. Bookplate of Marco Vich. Bookplate from the library of Henri Dard, lawyer.
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About the sale ANTIQUE AND MODERN BOOKS
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Auction time 09/12/2026 at 2:15 PM
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