PITOT, MAIRAN
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1725
Chez Pierre Mortier|A Amsterdam 1732|10 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition with 7 plates for volume 1, 10 for volume 2, most folding, totaling 17 plates. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. Rubbing. Handsome copy.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: Dissertation on cataract operation, by M. Petit. Description of a pump that can be useful in fires, by M. DU FAY. Elementary properties of irregular polygons circumscribed around a circle, by M. Pitot. Observations on the preparation of Prussian blue, by M. Geoffroy l'Aîné. Remarks on the inscription of the cube in the octahedron and of the octahedron in the cube, by M. de Mairan. Observations on the question of greatest and smallest quantities, by M. Saurin.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. Rubbing. Handsome copy.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: Dissertation on cataract operation, by M. Petit. Description of a pump that can be useful in fires, by M. DU FAY. Elementary properties of irregular polygons circumscribed around a circle, by M. Pitot. Observations on the preparation of Prussian blue, by M. Geoffroy l'Aîné. Remarks on the inscription of the cube in the octahedron and of the octahedron in the cube, by M. de Mairan. Observations on the question of greatest and smallest quantities, by M. Saurin.
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