[Geometry] Fergola, Nicola: Analytical treatise on geometric loci by Nicola Fergola. Naples, Printing House of the Navy Academy, 1818

In-4°, mm. 215x140, pp. (4), 146, (2), 3 c. of folding plates. Complete. Elegant contemporary half-leather binding with 5 spines, gold titles and decorations on the spine. Old marbled paper boards. Sprayed edges on the leaves. Excellent copy, sporadic foxing on the leaves.

Old original edition printed in Naples in 1818 for the printing house of the Naval Academy, work of the Italian mathematician Nicola Fergola (1753-1824), founder of the Neapolitan synthetic school. With numerous demonstrations and mathematical formulas in the text and at the end 3 fold-out tables depicting geometric figures.