Nicolas Bion - Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique - 1709

Early-epoch binding in full stiff leather with raised bands, spine label with titles and rich gilded ornaments on the back. Rare and important early 18th-century edition of the famous treatise on scientific instruments. Richly illustrated with numerous fascinating copper-engraved plates and folding illustrations out of text depicting proportion compasses, measuring instruments, astrolabes, sundials, and navigation/astronomy instruments.
There are 28 plates.