Jacobus Malconetus - Selbst-lehrende Geometrie - 1700

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Jacobus Malconetus, Selbst-lehrende Geometrie, first edition in German (1700), a vellum-bound, 490‑page illustrated geometry manual published by Johann Adolph and Philipp Wilhelm Stock, with a frontispiece by J. à Montalegre, one foldable plate and 24 of 25 foldable woodcut plates, in fair condition with one missing plate.

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Jacobus Malconetus - Selbst-lehrende Geometrie, oder neue und kurtze Institutiones mechanicae, stereometriae, et geodesiae. - Frankfurt au Main, Johann Adolph and Philipp Wilhelm Stock, 1700. - Contemporary vellum with (damaged) paper letterpiece on spine. With engraved frontispiece by J. à Montalegre, 1 foldable engraved plate and 24 (of 25) (foldable) woodcut plates and approxamately 275 woodcut illustrations, title-page printed in red and black. (4), 490, (2) p. 4to.

Condition: Fair. Unfortunately, 1 plate is missing, frontispiece and title-page slightly stained (frontispiece also with small closed tear in upper outer corner), a bit foxed throughout as usual. Otherwise a clean copy.

* Only edition of this richly illustrated German guide to plane and solid geometry. Rare.

Jacobus Malconetus - Selbst-lehrende Geometrie, oder neue und kurtze Institutiones mechanicae, stereometriae, et geodesiae. - Frankfurt au Main, Johann Adolph and Philipp Wilhelm Stock, 1700. - Contemporary vellum with (damaged) paper letterpiece on spine. With engraved frontispiece by J. à Montalegre, 1 foldable engraved plate and 24 (of 25) (foldable) woodcut plates and approxamately 275 woodcut illustrations, title-page printed in red and black. (4), 490, (2) p. 4to.

Condition: Fair. Unfortunately, 1 plate is missing, frontispiece and title-page slightly stained (frontispiece also with small closed tear in upper outer corner), a bit foxed throughout as usual. Otherwise a clean copy.

* Only edition of this richly illustrated German guide to plane and solid geometry. Rare.

Details

Number of Books
1
Subject
Mathematics
Book Title
Selbst-lehrende Geometrie
Author/ Illustrator
Jacobus Malconetus
Condition
Fair
Publication year oldest item
1700
Edition
1st Edition
Language
German
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Johann Adolph and Philipp Wilhelm Stock
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Extras
Fold out maps or plates
Number of pages
490
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