Pardies. Œuvres. 1695
PARDIES, Ignace-Gaston.
Oeuvres contenant :
1° Les élémens de géométrie.
2° Un discours du mouvement local.
3° La statique ou la Science des Forces Mouvantes.
4° Deux machines propres à faire les quadrans.
5° Un Discours de la connoissance des bestes.
Lyon, Jean-Baptiste Barbier, 1695.
700 €
12mo (14,7x8,2 cm), [24] ff., 448 pp., [16] ff. Woodcuts in text. binding: Contemporary full fawn sheepskin. Spine gilt in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt. A few light waterstains, blank inner margins of the first and last leaves rubbed with small holes. Head and tail of spine chipped, lack of leather on the tail of upper joint , corners bumped.
Interesting scientific works, by Ignace Gaston Pardie.
The works compiled in this book, were all separately published between 1670 and 1673.
Pardies corresponded with Huygens and Newton. Its "elements of geometry" inspired Leibniz to the summation of numerical series.
Rare second collected edition.
