Géométrie perspective, ou principes de projection polaire appliqués à la description des corps.
Paris, Carilian-Gœury, 1828.
4to, viii-96 pages and 7 folding plates. binding : Original blind wrappers. Cover worn. Foxings.
First edition. Barthélémy-Édouard Cousinery (1790-1851) was an engineer of the Ponts et Chaussées and a former student of the École Polytechnique. His work focused on geometry and its practical applications. This work is a treatise on descriptive geometry that presents the principles of polar projection and perspective, and their application to the representation of objects in engineering and architecture.