[Geometry] Practijck des Lantmetens;

Leerende alle rechte ende kromzydige Landen, Bosschen, Boomgaerden, ende andere velden meten, soo wel met behulp des Quadrants, als sonder het selve. Mitsgaders alle Landen deelen in ghelijcke ende ongelijcke deelen op verscheyden manieren, met eenige nieuwe gecalculeerde Tafelen daer toe dienende. Gecomponeert door Johan Sems, ende Jan Pietersz Dou, gheadmitteerde Landtmeters. Vermeerdert met honderdt Geometrische Questien met haer Solutien. Door Sybrant Hansz. Rekenmeester tot Amsterdam. Jan Jansz. Amsterdam [ca. 1630].

Overlapping parchment, 8vo. 3 volumes in one binding, of which the first 2 volumes with consecutive paging, 2x title with vignette, of surveyors and their instruments (copperplates) and 1x title with geometrical figures (woodcut), 290-421, (3), 118 pp., complete with 7 folding copperplates and countless geometrical figures in the text. Name on endpaper and title. Exhaustive work on geodesy by Sems (as engineer-fortress builder) and Dou (as surveyor-cartographer). Sybrand Hansz. was a mathematician, surveyor and accountant. Very good copy.