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Synopsis

Contenant toutes les op?rations ordinaries du calcul, les fractions, et les diff?rentes r?ductions de fractions, l'extraction des racines; le syst?me m?trique, divers probl?mes sur le titre des monnaies, les changes, les principes pour mesurer les surfaces et la solidit? des corps, etc. enrichi d'un grand nombre de probl?mes ? r?soudre, pour servir d'exercice aux ?l?ves. trente-huitieme edition. author bransiet, matthieu.

Item Description

8vo. 6.75 x 4.25 inches. [2] + 284 pp. All text in French. Bound in quarter cream cloth over patterned blue boards with ink spine title, now largely illegible. Exterior shows age related wear, but interior quite bright. Some traces of foxing but otherwise a very good copy. Early signature on front pastedown. Illustrated by 4 engraved plates at end and by text figure. Popular French mathematics textbook which ran into numerous editions. By Mathieu Bransiet (1792-1874), called in religion, Frere Philippe, Catholic priest.