César-François CASSINI DE THURY

Illustrated edition with 10 plates for volume 1, 23 for volume 2, most folding, totaling 33 plates. Title pages in red and black. An allegorical frontispiece and a title vignette in volume 1.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title-label, and volume label in black wax. Rubbing. 2 corners slightly bumped. The first leaf of the dedication appears to be lacking; the text of the dedication is complete, but without the epistle page. Handsome copy.
The following remarkable articles will be noted in each of the mentioned sections: Solution for some problems of dynamics, by M. Clairaut. Method of finding the height of the pole, &...

Illustrated edition with 5 plates for volume 1, 13 for volume 2, most folding, totaling 18 plates. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label and black wax volume label. One lack to head of volume 2, one to head of volume 1. Rubbing
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: Reflections on the theory of Jupiter's third satellite, by M. Maraldi. On the irreducible case of the third degree, by M. Nicole. Demonstration of Descartes' rule, for determining the number of positive & negative roots in equations that have no imaginary roots, by M. l'abbé...

Edition illustrated with a frontispiece and 7 plates, most of them folding. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label, and black wax volume label. Split headcaps. One corner slightly bumped. Rubbing.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: Réflexions sur les variations de l'aiman, faites dans le voyage du légat du pape à la Chine, l'an 1703, by M. Cassini. De l'inverse des tangentes, by M. Rolle. Du camphre, by M. Lemery. Examen d'une courbe formée par le moyen du cercle, by M. Carré. Réflexions sur les règles de la condensation de l'air, by...

New edition, considered a pirated edition of the authorized edition published in Paris by the Imprimerie Royale. It is illustrated with 12 folding plates.
Contemporary full marbled glazed calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands, roulettes at head and foot. Red morocco title label and brown sealing-wax volume label. One cut at head. Scattered foxing, particularly on title page. 2 corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
Notable articles to be retained in each of the mentioned sections include the following:
Physics: On the flux and reflux of the sea; Chemistry: On the dyeing of metals; On vitriol and iron. Botany: On lichen. Geometry: On the intersections of curves, On a...

New edition, considered a piracy of the regular edition published in Paris by the Imprimerie Royale. It is illustrated with 17 folding plates.
Contemporary full marbled glazed calf binding. Decorated raised bands spine, roulettes at tail and head. Red morocco title label, and volume label in brown wax. A cut at head. Scattered foxing. Good copy.
Of particular note in each of the mentioned sections are the following remarkable articles
Anatomy: On the force that pushes blood in the foetus; Botany: On Ginseng; Astronomy: On the theory of eclipses, on the movement of Jupiter. As for the memoirs, we note with the greatest interest: Observation on the manner in which a girl without...

A frontispiece and title vignette to volume 1. Title pages in red and black. 16 plates in volume 1, 11 in volume II, most folding.
Contemporary full brown marbled calf bindings. Spine with raised bands. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. 3 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. Burn mark and tear on the upper cover of volume I. Lower joint of volume 2 split at foot. Handsome copy.
Notable articles in each of the mentioned sections include: Observation of the total lunar eclipse of February 13, 1729 by M. Cassini; by Godin; by Louville. Memoir on the analytical & indefinite calculation of angles of rectilinear & spherical triangles... by M. de Lagny. Examination of...