BEZOUT, Cours de mathématiques, 1781
BEZOUT, Etienne.
Cours de mathématiques à l'usage des gardes du pavillon et de la marine.
Paris, Ph-D Pierres, 1781-1784.
Five 8vo (192x125 mm), xvi-256-viii-357 and 7 folding plates / xii-488 pages and 5 folding plates / viii-432 pages and 6 folding plates / viii-479 pages and 10 folding plates / (2)-xiv-319-(90) pages and 10 folding plates. binding : Contemporary full sheep, spine with six compatments. Binding rubbed, caps worn. Paper with foxings, plates misfolded.
Rare complete course of Bezout containing the four parts, the continuation of the fourth part and the treaty of navigation.
Part 1 and 2 are bound together in the first volume. Complete with the 38 engravings.
"Native of Nemours, professor of mathematics with the guards of the Navy and the School of artillery (Monge succeeded him in 1783), Étienne Bézout (or Bezout, as very often said and written nowadays) edited many textbooks educational. " (chronomath).
Price : 500 €