Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instrumens de mathématique : avec les figures nécessaires pour l'intelligence de ce traité
A 1716 Paris treatise by Nicolas Bion on constructing and using mathematical instruments, published by the widow Boudot for instrument makers, surveyors and students of mathematics. Its plates are engraved technical diagrams of sundials, compasses, protractors, quadrants and surveying tools, with lettered reference points and fine hatched linework a designer could borrow for scientific or heritage motifs.




















