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ROHAULT, Traité de Physique, 1671
ROHAULT, Jacques.
Traité de Physique.
Paris, Veuve Charles Savreux, 1671.
Two parts in one 4to (237x172 mm), (32)-378 pages and 2 folding plates /382-(8) pages and 1 folding plate. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt spine in six compartments. Plates were mounted in margin of text leaves. Caps and corners bumped. Stamp scratched on title page.
First edition.
Jacques Rohault was a great popularizer of Cartesian physics, he organized weekly public sessions, the "Wednesdays of Rohault" in which spectacular experiments served as a support for the explanation of physical theories.
His Treatise on Physics follows the same principle, experimentation is central and facts precede explanations.
references: DSB [XI, 506 :" Rohault's masterwork, the Traité de physique (1671), became the era's leading textbook on natural philosophy. Intended as an elementary synthesis of Cartesian science, it was largely based on the material and pedagogical approach that Rohault had developed in his conférences"].
Price : 600 €
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