Nouvelle Mecanique ou Statique, Dont le Projet fut Donné en MDCLXXXVII

Claude Jombert, Paris, 1725. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Very Good Condition. Two volumes in contemporary gilt leather - hinges splitting but bindings still reasonably tight. Occasional foxing, some offsetting from plates into margins, small dampstain in volume 2, but generally a clean, attractive copy. 64 folding plates. 362pp, 478pp.Posthumously published, this, along with the companion volume of 1687, represents Varignons immense contribution to mechanics. Varignon was a friend and colleague of Leibniz, Newton and the Bernoulis, and an ardent supporter of infinitesimal calculus. Size: Quarto. 2-volume set (complete). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 lbs 0 oz. Category: Engineering, Industrial & Trades; France; Mathematics. Inventory No: 038674. .