LA GNOMONIQUE PRATIQUE, OU L'ART DE TRACER LES CADRANS SOLAIRES AVEC LA PLUS GRANDE PRECISION, PAR LES MEILLEURES METHODES, MISES A LA PORTEE DE TOUT LE MONDE. AVEC DES OBSERVATIONS SUR LA MANIERE DE REGLER LES HORLOGES. DEDIE A MM. DE L'ACADEMIE
Hardcover
1760 · Paris
by Bedos de Celles, Dom Franois. Illustrated by Louis Bernard Gazet
Paris: Briasson, Despilly, Hardy, 1760. Hardcover. Very good+/No jacket issued. Paris: Briasson, Despilly, Hardy, 1760. 34 plates, #16 in facsimile, and a folding map. [4], xxii, 404, [2] pp. Text in French. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Full marbled calf. 5 raised bands with gilt rules and tooled fleur-de-lis devices in compartments. Spine professionally rebacked and rehinged in morocco with contrasting leather label. Price scratched-out on title page, occasional penciled commentaries; minor very light foxing. A very good example with a handsome shelf presence. Very good+/No jacket issued. (Insurance required to ship this item). (Inventory #: 13605)