BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE

 

Author(s) Bullant, Jean
Title Petit traicte de geometrie et d’horologiographie pratique
Imprint Paris, G. Cavellat, 1564
Localisation Paris, Ensba, Les 130
Subject Geometry, Gnomonic, Quadrature, Sundials

French

     In 1564 Guillaume Cavellat withdrew Bullant's little treatise on geometry. He had it followed, as in 1562 by a copy of the Recueil d’horlogiographie dating from 1561. The only modification, the date "1562" in the title of the work, was brought up to date: "1564".

Jean-Pierre Manceau (Tours) – 2009


Critical bibliography

J.-P. Manceau, "La place des mathématiques dans les écrits de Jean Bullant et Philibert De l’Orme", Journal de la Renaissance, 6, 2008, pp. 161-172.

P. Renouard, Imprimeurs et libraires parisiens du XVIe siècle, Fascicule Cavellat, Marnef et Cavellat, Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, 1986, p. 159, n°186.