Methodical encyclopedia. New edition enriched... Lot 1065

Methodical encyclopedia. New edition enriched with remarks [...]. Mathematics. Padua s.n. 1787-1790 3 vols, 4to: Text, 4 parts, in 2 vols: lxxvi-1/30-[2]-321/728, [4]-1/475-[3 bl.]-475/979 pp. Plates: vii-[1 bl.] pp.; 108 pl. (sl. damp stains, some with mould spots and some large, wormtracks - mostly marg. - and sm. marg. wormholes in vol. I, lower corners repaired to pp. 313-320 of vol. I, occ. staining). Mod. three-quarter red cloth, marbled paper covers, flat spines, red sprinkled edges (rubbed, esp. the edges, some def.). Volumes dedicated to mathematics. The vol. of plates contains 108 plates, 10 fold. showing geometrical figures, hydrostatics & hydraulics machines, a heliometer, celestial maps etc. Identical engr. vignette on titles. Prov. mod. bookpl. - Mod. marginalia in pencil.