Bouguer. 1781. Nouveau traité de navigation
BOUGUER - LA CAILLE, Abbé de. Nouveau traité de navigation, contenant la théorie pratique du pilotage.
Paris, Veuve Desaint, 1781.
450 €
8vo (7,6x5 inches) of xxxii pp., 376 pp., [52] ff., 12 (on 13) folding plates (Lack n.9). binding: Contemporary full calf. Spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, titled in gilt on lettering-piece. Few defects to binding. Head of spine missing.
Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758) was professor of hydrography at Croisic, then to Le Havre. He succeeded Pierre Louis Maupertuis as associate geometer of the Academy of Sciences. This rare new edition has been revised and abridged by Abbe de la Caille.
references: Polak, 1053 (Autre édition).
provenance: Adrien Carré (engraved ex-libris), Stephano Maglione (manuscript exlibris).
