Monge. Géométrie descriptive.
First edition
MONGE, Gaspard. Géométrie descriptive. Leçons données aux écoles normales, l'An 3 de la république.
Paris, Baudouin, An VII [1799].
1000 €
4to (24.8x19.6 cm), vii (half title is missing)-(1, blank)-132 pages and 25 folding plates. binding: Contemporary quarter sheep, flat spine, title in gilt on lettering-piece. Minor marginal foxing. A few light waterstains on the last two plates. Binding slightly rubbed.
First edition of the founding text of descriptive geometry.
Good copy.
provenance: Leroux-Douville (ownership inscription on title), Alfred Evrard (stamp on title).
