L ' Art de Lever les Plans ... a la Navigation ....
- Full contemporary calf.
- Paris: Chez Barrois, 1804
Paris: Chez Barrois, 1804. Later Edition.. Full contemporary calf.. Good.. 8vo. There is one fldg. table; 9 fldg. engraved plates.
A later prtg. of a standard 18th century work but revealing the progress toward a formally educated officer corps. This edition adds three engraved plates of complex surveying instruments. The text has been entirely re-worked by the editor, Verkaven, who was not an officer but an instructor in mathematics. The text is concerned with problems that are complex and are not intuitive. Verkaven's appointment as editor was the endorsement of a modern engineering corps that most armies in the field have come to depend for their survival.
A later prtg. of a standard 18th century work but revealing the progress toward a formally educated officer corps. This edition adds three engraved plates of complex surveying instruments. The text has been entirely re-worked by the editor, Verkaven, who was not an officer but an instructor in mathematics. The text is concerned with problems that are complex and are not intuitive. Verkaven's appointment as editor was the endorsement of a modern engineering corps that most armies in the field have come to depend for their survival.
Details
Title
L ' Art de Lever les Plans ... a la Navigation ....
Author
Dupain de Montesson, [Louis Charles ]; (Verkaven, J J ed.)
Binding
Full contemporary calf.
Condition
Good
Publisher
Chez Barrois: Paris
Date
1804
Edition
Later Edition.