4 dépliantes gravées sur cuivre. Quatrième édition, revue et corrigée par l'auteur. La première a paru en 1803. "It was in mechanics that Poinsot most effectively displayed his gift for geometry. Although Éléments de statique was merely a manual designed for candidates to the École Polytechnique, the work possessed the great merit of applying geometric methods to the study of elementary problems of mechanics and of introducing the concept of the couple" (DSB). Cachets de l'Institut catholique de Paris sur les planches. Bel exemplaire. Dos restauré. DSB XI, p. 62.