Simon-Nicolas-Henri LINGUET
Réflexions sur la lumière
chez Thomas Spilsbury|à Londres [London] 1784|19.30 x 12 cm|broché
New edition, after the first, rare, published in 1784.
In original wrappers. Title page with marginal dampstain and soiling.
Linguet (1736-1794) French writer, lawyer and journalist, he wrote numerous works in various fields, particularly law and political philosophy, his positions and his talents as a polemicist would lead to his imprisonment and eventual execution by guillotine. It was during a period of incarceration that Linguet conceived this work, the fruit of earlier research. Linguet bases himself essentially on Newton to develop his own reflections in the field.
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