[MANUSCRIT - BION (Nicolas) De la Construction et des Usages des Cadrans [Rome, 1760]. - Manuscript in-4, 229 x 174 : 211 pp. Manuscript copy of the eighth part of Nicolas Bion's Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des instruments de mathématiques, transcribed from the 1725 edition. It is entirely devoted to sundials (descriptions, constructions and uses), and comprises 31 pages of drawings and diagrams. At the bottom of the last page, a note informs us that this manuscript was produced in Rome in 1760 "For the use of Mgr Paul Marie de Fonsèque de Surgères, Protonotaire Apost[lique], membre de plusieurs Académies d'Europe". Repairs and reinforcement to binding. Ink has perforated the paper in places, notably in several drawings. Provenance: Paul Marie de Fonsèque de Surgères. - Couvent des carmes déchaussés, with stamp on the front cover.