1665 Scarce Latin Book - Pierre Gautruche on Arithmetic, Mathematics, Optics and Music. Illustrated.
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Author: (Pierre GAUTRUCHE). P. Petri GALTRUCHII.
Title: Philosophiae ac mathematicæ totius clara, brevis, et accurata institutio. Cum introductione ad alias facultates : ad usum studiosæ iuuentutis : MATHEMATICA.
Language: Text in Latin.
Publisher: Cadomi (Caen, France), apud J. Cavelier, 1665.
Size: 5 " X 3 ".
Pages: 356 + index.
Binding: Good original full calf leather binding (hinges worn but still tight, lower and upper part of spine chipped and worn - as shown, overall scuffed and worn - as shown) under a protective mylar cover.
Content: Good content (tight, some staining and foxing - as shown, manuscript ex-libris on the first blank page and on the blank page at the back to the last plate - as shown, upper margin of title page cut without affecting the text - as shown, last free endpaper page outer margin cut short - as shown).
Illustration: Complete with the 20 full-page engraved plates depicting the various subjects of this book.
Estimate : (USD 450 - USD 600)
The book: A scarce and uncommon 17th-century Mathematics book by the Jesuit Pierre Gautruche. Contents: 1. Arithmetica, 2. Elementale Geometriæ, 3 Sphæra Mundi, 4 Chronologia, 5 Gnomica, 6 Sphæra Terrestris, 7. Optica, 8 Musica.
The author: Pierre Gautruche (Orleans 1602- Caen 1681), Jesuit, professor of philosophy, theology and mathematics. He joined the Company of Jesus in 1621. He studied in Rennes, then was sent in 1642 to the college of Mont in Caen. He taught philosophy there for two years, then he was sent to the college of La Flèche. He returned to the Collège du Mont in 1653 as prefect of studies and professor of theology, from 1668, also of mathematics. He ceased his activities in 1679.