CARNOT (Lazare). Positional geometry. Paris, imprimerie Crap - Lot 224

CARNOT (Lazare). Positional geometry. Paris, imprimerie Crapelet, chez Duprat, an XI-1803. In-4° of xxxviij, [2], 489 pp. 174 fig. on 15 folding plates at end. [Relié à la suite] Mémoire sur la Relation qui existe entre les distances respectives de cinq points quelconques pris dans l'espace ; suivi d'un Essai sur la théorie des transversales.Paris, Courcier, 1806. 111, [1] pp. 3 fold-outs at end. Green half-basin with ivory corners, long spine, gilt title (contemporary binding). Interspersed with a biographical note on Lazare Carnot, by Théophile MANDAR. 2 pp. 2 first editions, illustrated with a portrait of the author lithographed by LAST after DUPONT. Wear to binding, head cap worn.