LEGENDRE, A.M. Beginselen der meetkunde. Brussel, H. Remy / Berthot, 1829. 8vo, half leather, 12 folding plates, 288 pp; modest copy, spine missing leather, some markings on the title page
A 1829 Brussels edition of Adrien-Marie Legendre’s work, Éléments de Géométrie, translated by P. Diricq. Legendre’s text was the standard for 19th-century mathematics, replacing Euclid’s more complex arrangements with a streamlined, logical progression.
