Description of University of Pennsylvania LJS 213: Traité elémentaire et synthètique des sections coniques The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2015 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Ms. codex. Title from title page (f. 2r); caption title Traité elémentaire des sections coniques. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library LJS 213 5978619 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5978619 Treatise on conical sections divided into 3 chapters (numbered first, second, and fourth) on ellipses, hyperbolas, and parabolas, based on the teaching of George-Marie Raymond, who was the chair of mathematics at the École normale de Chambéry. French Traité elémentaire et synthètique des sections coniques Nicollet, J. N. 1786-1843 Raymond, George-Marie, 1769-1839 former owner Stanitz, John D 3r Introduction, f. 3r 11r Chapitre premier: De l'ellipse, f. 11r 35r Chapitre second: De l'hyperbole, f. 35r 50v Chapitre quatrie?me [sic]: De la parabole, f. 50v

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 64 leaves : 265-274 x 192-196 mm. bound to 283 x 208 mm

Paper, 64 leaves; 1² 2-3²² 4²²(-2, including pastedown).

 Written in 26 lines on the right half of each page, with diagrams, when present, drawn on the left half of the page; vertical dividing lines ruled in lead. Written in cursive script by J. N. Nicollet. Geometric diagrams, numbered as Figure 1 (f. 3v) - Figure 31 (f. 55r). Diagram, f. 3v Diagram, f. 4r Diagram, f. 4v Diagram, f. 5v Diagram, f. 6r Diagram, f. 11r Diagram, f. 13v Diagram, f. 15r Diagram, f. 15v Diagram, f. 18r Diagram, f. 20v Diagram, f. 22v Diagram, f. 23v Diagram, f. 29r Diagram, f. 30r Diagram, f. 30v Diagram, f. 31v Diagram, f. 34r Diagram, f. 35r Diagram, f. 37v Diagram, f. 40v Diagram, f. 41v Diagram, f. 42r Diagram, f. 43v Diagram, f. 45r Diagram, f. 47r Diagram, f. 48r Diagram, f. 49r Diagram, f. 50v Diagram, f. 52v Diagram, f. 54r Diagram, f. 54v Diagram, f. 55r

Contemporary (19th-century) paper board binding.

Written in Chambéry, in southeastern France, in 1809 (f. 2r).

1809 Chambéry Sold by F. Thomas Heller, Inc. (Swarthmore, Pa.), 1995. Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 44. Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997. Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013. Mathematics Geometry Codices Diagrams Treatises Manuscripts, French--19th century Manuscripts, Digital