APPLICATIONS OF DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY
ACCORDING TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF IDEAS AND NOTES OF FRANCIS SAPALSKI
NOTEBOOK ONE:
1] A SKETCH OF FRANCIS SAPALSKI'S LIFE
2] FIRST APPLICATION: VARIOUS GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS
3] SECOND USE: THEORY OF SHADOWS [ETUDES D'OMBRES].
In Cracow, In the Printing House of Stanislaw Gieszkowski 1839, pp. 80, plates XII, format 21 x 24.5 cm [in place of plate IV duplicated plate III].
DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY
WITH APPLICATION
to perspective, shadows, gnomonics, masonry, carpentry and other
construction, worked out for the use of the military school of applikacyyney
by Franciszek Sapalski
former captain of Polish artillery of the Duchy of Warsaw, professor of the same skill and mathematics applied at the University of Warsaw.
and mathematics applied at the Jagiellonian University, Doctor of Philosophy, member of the Cracow Scientific Society and Knight of the Cross of Arms.
Volume 1: THEORY
with 35 tables [set of tables].
Warsaw 1822, in Drukarnia Woyskowey, pp. [7]. 232, [14], 35 plates, format 19x24cm
Franciszek Wincenty Sapalski coat of arms Syrokomla (born April 1, 1791 in Warsaw - died April 2, 1838 in Cracow) - Polish mathematician, lecturer at Jagiellonian University, graduate of the Krzemieniec High School, soldier of the Napoleonic campaigns of 1809 and 1812-1813, correspondent member of the Royal Society of Friends of Science in Warsaw in 1829.
Rare!
HARDCOVER CLOTH BINDING OF THE PERIOD, GILT AND EMBOSSING ON THE FACES AND SPINE, DECORATIVE BOARDS.
BINDING SIGNED WITH BOOKBINDER'S STICKER: "JAN BROMILSKKI IN LWOWE, COMPOSITION OF WRITING, PAINTING AND DRAWING UTENSILS".
DB condition/ staining of canvas on front face, portrait board with discoloration, cut out lower margin of title page, dampstain on initial pages, paper yellowed in places, despite minor defects quite a NICE piece
