(BION, NICOLAS) STONE, EDMUND, trans. The Construction and Prinipal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. London, 1723. First English ed.
The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments. London: Printed by H.W. for John Senex, 1723.Folio, full contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels, renewed endpapers, title in red and black, engraved head-pieces. First English edition of Bion's encyclopedic reference on 18th-century mathematical instruments, complete with 26 folding engraved plates, which include rulers, protractors, surveying devices and navigational instruments. Some light marginal brownspotting; light edgewear to boards with some loss to lower board; heavy foxing to plates 14, 18, and 25, and pp. 249-264.
