Mr. De Sargues Universal Way of Dyaling. or pl;ain and easie directions for placing the Axeltree, and marking the hours in Sun-dyals, after the French, Italian, Babylonian and Jewish manner
London: The Leach, 1659.
First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Item #049439
Early but later leather backed marbled boards, worn, darkened, front cover detached. Scattered stains (including light dampstains to a few plates) and minor paper flaws, a few short tears, title page soiled, errata with a paper repair to verso. Laste page of preface and first plate adhered to each other. Organized around 28 figures, 41 engravings. Lacking the frontispiece, otherwise complete. (15) 108, (1)pp.
With the bookplate of Florence Yoch (1890–1972), Landscape Architect. Yoch was an important early landscape architect in California working, famously, on a number of films (she designed Tara for Gone With the Wind) but also private projects, often in a California adapted classical European style. A distinguished provenance.
Desargues, (1591-1661) was a working architect and engineer who did important work on perspective and geometry (and has a number of geometric theorems named after himself). Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science & Technology; Inventory No: 049439.
Price: $2,000.00