Cursus Mathematicus: Or, A Compleat Course Of The Mathematicks. In Five Volumes. Vol. I. Contains a short Treatise of Algebra, and The Elements of Euclid. Vol. II. Arithmetic and Trigonometry, with correct Tables of Logarithms, Sines and Tangents. Vol. III. Geometry and Fortification. Vol. IV. Mechanics, and Perspective. Vol. V. Geography and Dialling. The whole Illustrated with near 200 Copper Plates. Written in French by Monsieur Ozanam, Professor of the Mathematicks at Paris. Now done into English, with Additions and Corrections by Several Hands.
Besides the collective title-page each Volume has its own title-page. Those of Volumes IV and V have the imprint, 'Oxford: Printed by L. Lichfield for John Nicholson ... John Morphew ... London'. In these two volumes the title ends, 'Amended in Several Places, by J.T. Desaguliers of Hart-Hall, Oxon'. In Volume III the treatise on fortification has its own title-page, reading, 'A Treatise Of Fortification ... by Mr. Ozanam ... Amended ... by J.T. Desaguliers ... With an Appendix, concerning that Manner of Fortifying which is Truly Mr. Vauban's ... Oxford ... 1711 ...'.
Reproductions
An electronic reproduction was published in 2001 (Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale). A microfilm version was published in 1987 (Woodbridge CT: Research Publications).
Provenance
Acquired between 1769 and 1802. Recorded in RAA Library, Catalogue, 1802.
Copy Note
Many pages have marginal annotations in ink in an unidentified hand.
Binding Note
18th-century calf, upper and lower covers decorated with blind-tooled panels; rebacked in 20th century, red morocco spine-labels lettered 'Ozanam's Mathematics', spines numbered I-V.
Subject
Mathematics - Fortification - Mechanics - Perspective - Cosmography - Sundials
Manuals - Instructional materials - Translations from French - Translations into English - Great Britain - 18th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century