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Extensively illustrated do-it-yourself guide to plane and solid geometry

MALCONETI, Jacobi.
Selbst-lehrende Geometrie, oder neue und kurtze institutiones mechanicae, stereometriae, et geodaesiae.
Frankfurt am Main, Johan Adolph & Philipp Wilhelm Stock, 1700. 4to. With engraved frontispiece by Joseph a Montalegre, title-page in red and black with woodcut publisher's device, with 1 engraved illustration plate, 24 woodcut plates containing 26 illustrations (on folding leaves, full-page leaves and smaller slips) and about 275 woodcut illustrations in the text. Contemporary sheepskin parchment. [4], 490, [2] pp.
€ 2,750
First and only edition of a German do-it-yourself guide to plane and solid geometry by Malconeti, who is known only for the present work. It is divided into 8 parts (7 books and an appendix with assignments) and focuses mostly on practical examples. Book 1 covers geometrical terminology, starting with the very basics, like the definition of geometry and the different figures; book 2 proportions between different quantities; the comprehensive book 3 measurement of lines, with information on the instruments, methods and units; book 4 comparison and measurement of lines as parts of figures; book 5 geodesics; book 6 several algorithms for all kinds of craftsmen; and the comprehensive book 7 the measurement of the volumes of different bodies.
Some slight foxing, a small stain on the frontispiece and title-page, a small marginal tear repaired in the frontispiece, and a small marginal hole in 1 leaf. In very good condition. VD 17, 23:243295V; WorldCat (3 copies).
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