Desargues' Brouillon project and the Conics of Apollonius / by Jan P. Hogendijk.
Abstract:
Studies the relation between Desargues' "Brouillon Project d'une atteinte aux evenemens des rencontres du cone avec un plan" and the standard work on conic sections at the time, the "Conics" of Apollonius
Centaurus Vol. 34 (1991), p. 1-43