Beautiful "treatise On Leveling" By Mr. Picard, One Volume In 12. In Paris, At Fr. Montalant 1728.

Beautiful treatise on the youth of Louis XV, by Mr. Picard: "Treatise on Leveling", from the Royal Academy of Sciences, with a report of some Levelings made by order of the King. And an Abridged version of the Measurement of the Earth, by the same Author. Brought to light by the care of Mr. De la Hire of the Royal Academy of Sciences, & Royal Professor in Mathematics. In Paris at François Montalant, Printer-Bookseller, Quai des Augustins, Near the Pont Saint-Michel. M. DCC. XXVIII. (1728) work with 4 illustrated plates in one volume in 12, full tinted calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilded iron in the boxes, red morocco title, red edges, marbled guards, very complete work, very interesting in the field of telescope measurement in very good condition