WOLFF, Christian. Cours de Mathématique, qui contient, toute - Lot 331

WOLFF, Christian. Cours de Mathématique, qui contient, toutes les parties de cette science, mises à la portée des commençans. Published in Paris by Charles-Antoine Jombert in 1747. In 3 volumes of In octavo / In-8 format (192 x 115 mm). Mahogany speckled calf, ribbed spine, burgundy morocco title-piece, gilt fillet and gilt petit fer, cold filleted boards, gilt roulette at the edges, red edges. 1 f.n.ch., XII, 387 pages; 1 f.n.ch., 357 pages, 1 f.n.ch.; 2 f.n.ch., 326 pages, 37 f.n.ch. of table, errata and catalog, 69 folding plates in black (Volume I: 16, Volume II: 20, Volume III: 33), headbands, lettering and endpapers. Bindings rubbed, rough repairs to corners of Volume III, stains to Volumes I and III (second cover), headpieces of Volume III worn with leather missing, some foxing, some pages browned, wormholes to second volume in margin. First French edition of this treatise on theoretical and applied mathematics, one of the best and most exhaustive of the period, finely illustrated with 69 plates by Le Parmentier, Bailleul and Tardieu. Traces of a bookplate on the front flyleaves. Beautifully illustrated set.