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La geometrie, redvite en vne facile et briefve practique, par deux excellens instrumens, dont l'vn est le pantometre ov compas de proportion

Coignet, Michiel, 1549-1623 · 1626 · A Paris : Chez Charles Hvlpeav ... · 24 pictures

A 1626 Paris geometry treatise by Michiel Coignet, published by Charles Hulpeau, presenting a practical method using a proportional compass (pantometre) for students and practical surveyors. The pictures are plain line diagrams in brown ink on cream paper: a polygon inscribed in a circle, a circle with a diameter and labelled points, a triangle with tick-marked equal sides, and a page of geometric figures with lettered labels. A designer could take their clean, hand-labelled construction-drawing style and the simple geometric forms for diagrams, logos, or pattern layouts.

Mordente, Fabrice, 16th cent · Mathematical instruments · Geometry -- Early works to 1800

Internet Archive · Fisher - University of Toronto · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library