Paris, Claude-François Simon, 1743.
Un volume in quarto (253x187 mm), (4)-520 pages et 3 planches dépliantes. reliure : Plein veau de l'époque, dos à cinq nerfs orné et doré, tranches rouges, gardes en papier marbré. Reliure frottée, coiffes et coins abîmés. Mouillures surtout en début et fin d'ouvrage. Accrocs en marge de la planche 2.
références: Babson [45 : "Castel was a jesuit, living first at Toulouse and later in Paris. He was a member of the Royal Society and wrote a number of books, all dealing with mathematics and physics. In an earlier work on "L'optique des couleurs", Castel rejected Newton's theory of colors and established one of his own which in some respects resembled Goethe's. Although he had a high regard for Newton, in this book he refutes his system in great detail in favor of that of Descartes, his compatriot"].
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