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[Liège - surveying - geometry] - Manuscript on paper, French, end of 18th c., 20 x 16 cm., contem...

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[Liège - surveying - geometry] - Manuscript on paper, French, end of 18th c., 20 x 16 cm., contem...
[Liège - surveying - geometry] - Manuscript on paper, French, end of 18th c., 20 x 16 cm., contemp. marbled sheep (rubbed), marbled edges. Good condition, but for the framework of 'Tarifs' (heavily drawn rules damaged by agressive ink, hence the enclosed text part loose or loosening). Contents : I - 2 French poems "Idille" (on a rose) and "Le pouvoir des talens. Cantade". II - "Definitions des principales figures de geometrie", 47 ff. with many diagrams, on the practical use of geometry in surveying (measuring of land surfaces). III - written at end of book, in reverse: "Soixante six Tarifs contenant les calculs faits, relatifs aux differentes Mésures du Pays de Liège et de ses environs", with table of local measures in Liège and Brabant, etc. € 100/200