First published Paris (Th. Jolly), 1669 under title: Pratique de la géométrie, sur le papier et sur le terrain. See BN 2228 ff.

"Abrégé de la vie de Sebastien Le Clerc," p. [ix]-xvj.

Etched frontispiece with dedication is unsigned but by Le Clerc, repeated from Jean Jombert's ed. of 1690 (BN 2411.1, 3rd state). Etched t.p. vignette by Cochin fils. Head-piece by Soubeyran after Cochin. Full-page decorative etching by Cochin, p. 198. Plates 1-39 (most incorporating vignettes at foot) by Cochin, Pierre Chedel and Mlle. Taunay after Cochin and Chedel. The sixteen plates on leaves [39 bis] through 44 are repeated from the ed. of 1690 (BN 2413-2428); some signed by Le Clerc.

All plates single-page. Plates 1-39 on fold-out leaves. Plate leaves 40, 41, 42, [42 bis], 43, [43 bis] printed on both sides.

Signatures: a-b⁴ A-2F⁴.

BN. Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIe siècle, t. 9