Elementa geometriæ planæ ac solidæ. . Quibus accedunt selecta ex Archimede theoremata. Auctore Andrea Tacquet Soc. Jesu sacerdote & matheseos professore.
Andreas Tacquet
Category
Books
Date
1683
Materials
Place of origin
Netherlands
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3021526
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],350,[10]p., 6 folding plates . ill.. . 8vo. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front fly-leaf: "Carr Hervey" [i.e. Carr, Lord Hervey (1691-1723)]. manuscript cipher on title-page: "IHB".. Binding: Seventeenth-century blind-panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title label and date stamped on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Andreas Tacquet Euclid (fl.300 BC) Archimedes (287-212 BC)