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<dl><dd>First published Paris (Th. Jolly), 1669 under title: Pratique de la géométrie, sur le papier et sur le terrain. See BN 2228 ff</dd>
<dd>"Abrégé de la vie de Sebastien Le Clerc," p. [ix]-xvj</dd>
<dd>Etched frontispiece with dedication is unsigned but by Le Clerc, repeated from Jean Jombert's ed. of 1690 (BN 2411.1, 3rd state). Etched t.p. vignette by Cochin fils. Head-piece by Soubeyran after Cochin. Full-page decorative etching by Cochin, p. 198. Plates 1-39 (most incorporating vignettes at foot) by Cochin, Pierre Chedel and Mlle. Taunay after Cochin and Chedel. The sixteen plates on leaves [39 bis] through 44 are repeated from the ed. of 1690 (BN 2413-2428); some signed by Le Clerc</dd>
<dd>All plates single-page. Plates 1-39 on fold-out leaves. Plate leaves 40, 41, 42, [42 bis], 43, [43 bis] printed on both sides</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-b⁴ A-2F⁴</dd>
<dd>BN. Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle</dd>
<dd>Binding: marbled paper, back and corners in brown goatskin. Edges red. Ulrich Middeldorf's printed label</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Geometrical drawing</div>
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<dl><dd>Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714</dd>
<dd>Chedel, Pierre Quentin, 1705-1763</dd>
<dd>Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790</dd>
<dd>Jombert, Charles-Antoine, 1712-1784</dd>
<dd>Le Clerc, Sébastien, 1637-1714. Pratique de la géométrie</dd>
<dd>Soubeyran, Pierre, 1709-1775</dd>
<dd>Taunay, R. F. (Rose Felicité)</dd></dl></div>
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