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DESAGULIERS, John Theophilus. Cours de Physique expérimentale,.... Traduit de l'anglois par le R. P. Pezenas. 1751.
DESAGULIERS, John Theophilus.
Cours de Physique expérimentale,.... Traduit de l'anglois par le R. P. Pezenas.
Paris, Jacques Rollin & Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1751.
Two 4to (249x193 mm), (2)-xii-(2)-503-(5) pages and 32 folding plates / (4)-iv-636-(6) pages and 46 folding plates. In total, 78 plates. binding : Contemporary full mottled calf, spine gilt in six compartments, title and volume number in gilt on lettering-pieces, red edges. 3 caps and corners chipped. One joint splitted on the last compartment of the second volume. A handwritten tag glued on the bottom of the spine of volume 1. Minor worms's holes on the first volume. On the second, minor works of worms at 3/4 of the volume, which are then very accentuated to the end of the text (lack of lines of the text) and the plates.
First edition in French.
John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744), one of the founders of modern Freemasonry.
This book, published in London between 1725 and 1727, is based on Newton's theories, of which Desaguliers was a fervent defender and propagator of his scientific, philosophical and political ideas.
Price : 900 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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