Lot 271
Henrion (Denis) Usage du Compas de Proportion, first edition, Paris, Chez Michel Daniel, 1618.
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Henrion (Denis) Usage du Compas de Proportion, first edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head-pieces, illustrations and diagrams, double-page engraved plate, damp-staining to upper margin, heavier at beginning, contemporary vellum, some staining to covers, wear to upper fore-edge, [Tomash & Williams H109], 8vo, Paris, Chez Michel Daniel, 1618.
⁂ Rare at auction. Usage du Compas introduced the sector into France and would prove hugely popular, running into numerous editions.
Provenance: Erwin Tomash (bookplate).
Description
Henrion (Denis) Usage du Compas de Proportion, first edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head-pieces, illustrations and diagrams, double-page engraved plate, damp-staining to upper margin, heavier at beginning, contemporary vellum, some staining to covers, wear to upper fore-edge, [Tomash & Williams H109], 8vo, Paris, Chez Michel Daniel, 1618.
⁂ Rare at auction. Usage du Compas introduced the sector into France and would prove hugely popular, running into numerous editions.
Provenance: Erwin Tomash (bookplate).
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