PONCELET, Jean Victor (1810-78). Traite des Proprietes des Figures.

PONCELET. Jean Victor (1788-1867).  Traité des Propriétés Projectives des Figures; Ouvrage Utile a ceuz qui s’ Occupant des Applications de la Géométrie Descriptive et d’ Opérations Géométriques sur le Terrain. Paris: Bachelier, 1822. 4to (263 x 210mm). Half title, 12 folding engraved plates (stain at head of title, variable spotting, staining and browning). Later half buckram and marbled boards (scuffed). Provenance: L. Givebin (modern signature on half title and title); from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION of the first book on projective geometry. Not in Brunet; Gascoigne 214.