Geometrical and graphical essays, containing a description of the mathematical instruments used in geometry, civil and military surveying, levelling and perspective...
London: printed for the author, by R. Hindmarsh, 1791. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], xvi, 500; engraved frontispiece and 32 engraved folding plates; contemporary full tree calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, red morocco label in 1; joints wstarting, else very good. The last 15 pages of text consist of "A Catalogue of Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments, made and sold by George Adams," with several hundred items listed in various catagories (drawing instruments, military instruments, instruments for navigation, astronomical instruments, meteorological instruments, and so forth), each with a price affixed. Item #46465
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