DORTOUS DE MAIRAN, Éloge des académiciens académie royale des sciences, 1747
DORTOUS DE MAIRAN, Jean-Jacques.
Eloges des académiciens de l’académie royale des sciences, morts dans les années 1741, 1742 & 1743.
Paris, Durand, 1747.
12mo (162x95 mm), frontispiece, (10)-360 pages. binding : Contemporary full calf, gilt-decorated spine in six compartments. Good copy. A booklet unbound.
First edition. Dortous de Mairan was then permanent secretary of the Academy of Sciences. Among the eulogies transcribed are those of Halley, Abbé Bignon, Lemery. Each eulogy is accompanied by a bibliography of the scientist.