1676 GEOMETRY Mathematics BEAULIEU surveying measurements fortifications antique

img{max-width:100%}  - La geometrie francoise ou la Pratique aisee pour apprendre sans maistre l'arpentage... mesures - by Jean de BeaulieuParis, Charles de Sercy; 1676. French geometry, or easy practice for learning without a master the survey of accessible & inaccessible figures, measurements & survey of fortifications, & all kinds of buildings for those who have no knowledge of mathematics, with the arithmetic key for its operations. The squaring of the circle or the practice & reduction of circles, segments, ellipses, parabolas, hyperbolas & conical & cylindrical scission, in their perfect square, their applications to the measurement of curves-lines, civil, naval & military architectures in favor of scholars . First edition of this rare treatise on geometry, illustrated with an engraved title, copper-engraved and wood-engraved bands and 4 plates inset on copper, two of which are included in the pagination: the first 3 illustrate geometry, the last conc