Introduction aux mathematiques

Name:

Buot, J. (Jacques)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1675

Description:

Introduction to mathematics in four books, mostly on the subject of plane geometry, illustrated with diagrams.

Language:

French

Provenance:

Sold by Roger Gaskell, 2000.

Subject:

Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800; Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Geometry; Mathematics -- Study and teaching

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); diagrams; Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

236 leaves : paper, illustrations; 245 x 185 (163 x 98) mm bound to 252 x 195 mm + 6 notes

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Member of the Académie des Sciences of Paris from its founding in 1666, mathematician, astronomer, physicist.; Title and attribution from caption title (f. 1r).; Foliation: Paper, ii + 232 + ii; 1-172, [iv], 173, [ii], 168-169, [vi], 176-177, [vi], 184-185, [vi], 192-193, [vi], 200-201, [vi], 208, [xii]; near-contemporary foliation in ink; 1-172, [173-232], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by one or two hands.; Decoration: Illustrated with diagrams throughout.; Binding: Contemporary leather with title and attribution on spine. Top quarter of manuscript is water-stained, but text is legible.; Origin: Written in France, 1675-1699.; Marginal notes in pencil in a later hand.; French.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 808