[SCIENCE - MATHEMATICS]. BION (N.). A TREATISE ON THE CONSTR - Lot 104

[SCIENCE - MATHEMATICS]. BION (N.). A TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION AND PRINCIPAL USES OF MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS. La Haye, Husson, [etc.], 1723. In-4 marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spine, havana title page, red edges (contemporary binding); frontispiece, (4) ff. 389 pages, 30 plates, (3) table pages. Covers bumped and missing, corners worn away, spotting and small leather marks on boards. SECOND EDITION, revised, corrected and enlarged, after the original 1709 edition, of this famous treatise. Allegorical FRONTISPICE and 30 folding engraved MAPS. BAUMÉ (A.) MANUEL DE CHYMIE, ou Exposé des opérations de la Chymie et de leurs produits. P., Didot, 1766. In-12 marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spine, garnet-red morocco title-piece, red edges (contemporary binding); XVI-501 pp., (3) pp. Light rings of wetness in margins of last ff. SECOND EDITION revised and enlarged. SET OF 2 BOOKS.