134. NOLLET (Abbé): Leçons de Physique expérimentale. Paris, - Lot 134

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134. NOLLET (Abbé): Leçons de Physique expérimentale. Paris, - Lot 134
134. NOLLET (Abbé): Leçons de Physique expérimentale. Paris, Guérin & Delatour, 1759 - 1765. 6 volumes in-12, illustrated with a frontispiece and 116 folding plates (complete). Marbled fawn calf, spines decorated, fawn and red morocco title-pieces. Edition, complete with its plates, of one of the most famous works of scientific popularization of the 18th century. As often, the volumes come from different editions of the same publisher, vol. 1, 2, and 3 of 1759, vols. 3 and 4 of 1765 and vol. 6 of 1764. The volumes are in homogeneous binding of the period. The frontispiece depicts Nollet in the midst of an experiment in his cabinet before a mixed audience. The 116 folding plates show various experiments and a large number of machines or instruments, many of which were made by the author's own hands. Bindings rubbed, corners dulled, five covers damaged. Mottling (light and healthy) in volume 1. sold by the ministry of Me Baratoux
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