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[IMPRESSION DE SAINT-MALO] Nouveau tarif du cube des bois ronds et carrés, précédé d'une instruction préliminaire sur la manière de se servir des tables calculées qu'il contient ; avec une méthode courte et facile de toiser et cuber par soi-même toutes sortes de surfaces et de solides réguliers ; ouvrage nécessaire à tous les marchands de bois, constructeurs, charpentiers, entreneurs, etc. PAr M. C., ancien professeur de mathématiques[[SAINT-MALO PRINTING] New tariff for the cubic measurement of round and squared timber, preceded by a preliminary instruction on the use of the calculated tables it contains; together with a short and easy method for measuring and calculating the cubic content of all kinds of regular surfaces and solids; a work necessary for all timber merchants, builders, carpenters, contractors, etc. By M. C., former professor of mathematics]
H. Hovius|Saint-Malo 1811|10 x 17 cm|Relié
Scarce new edition, illustrated with a folding plate printed on a separate leaf.
According to the CCF, copies are recorded only under the date 1826.
Bound in full fawn marbled paper boards, smooth spine, unlettered; modern binding.
A rare edition, though not the first: the approval printed at the end of the volume is dated 30 August 1766 for the censor’s permission (yet no public holding records a copy earlier than 1799). Contemporary manuscript ex-libris of Gabory Dodin, dated 24 July 1817.
€1,000