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DEPARCIEUX. New treaties of rectilinear and spherical...

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DEPARCIEUX. New treaties of rectilinear and spherical trigonometry. With a treaty of gnomonic. The whole enriched with figures engraved in intaglio. Paris, Guérin, 1741, 4°, [2]-XII-[5]-1 blank-118-[46]-[86]-[72] (tables)-[2]-169-[1] and 17 folding plates, contemporary full marbled calf, spine with ornate nerves (corners reinforced, headpieces rubbed, front cover split). Ownership mark in the upper margin of the title. First edition. Antoine Deparcieux (1703-1768) was a famous French mathematician. He drew up new mortality tables and significantly improved the Farenheit aerometer. Wanted.

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