Suite du cours de mathématiques, à l'usage des gardes du pavillon et de la marine, contenant le traité de navigation
Paris, P. H. Pierres, 1793.
8°, xii, 296 pages, 10 folding plates, (44) leaves of tables ; contemporary green morocco, flat spine gilt. Item #4941
Last part of Bezout's mathematical course, dedicated to navigation.
The plates were not bound in at the time but pasted to blank leaves so they could be fully unfolded while reading the text.
The original edition was published between 1764 and 1769. Bezout was appointed examiner for the Marine Guard schools in 1764. His career was then mainly devoted to writing and teaching mathematics courses, which were used for many years by candidates for military schools. This classic mathematics textbook was one of the main reference books for aspiring officers in the French royal armies in the second half of the 18th century. The last voume contains a treatise on navigation.
A beautiful copy in contemporary green morocco.
Price: €520.00