Lot 28 | [Geometry, Compass] Mascheroni, 1797

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[Geometry, Compass] Mascheroni, 1797

FIRST EDITION OF THIS TREATISE ABOUT THE GEOMETRY OF THE COMPASS BY LORENZO MASCHERONI

Mascheroni, Lorenzo. La geometria del compasso di Lorenzo Mascheroni. Pavia: presso gli eredi di Pietro Galeazzi, anno V della Repubblica francese 1797.

8vo, original printer's paperboards; pp. [2], XVIII, 264, [14] leaves of folding plates.

First edition of Mascheroni's most important book, in which he proves that any geometrical construction that can be performed using ruler and compasses can be carried out by means of compasses alone.

References: IT\ICCU\RMSE\001645.