Nova geometria, practica super charta et solo : libellus in quo nova traditur methodus, cujus ope facilis fit ac brevis, ad summa hujusce scientiae fastigia, cursus
Nova geometria is a Latin geometry primer by Sébastien Le Clerc, published in Amsterdam in 1692 for students learning practical surveying and drawing. Its plates pair geometric constructions, such as a pentagon inscribed in a circle with lettered points, with small landscape vignettes of ruins, towers, a windmill and a water wheel. A designer could take the crisp engraved line work, the tidy lettering, and the contrast between diagram and scenic image.
