Jean-François TRABAUD
Principes sur le mouvement et l'equilibre, pour servir d'introduction aux mécaniques & à la physique
Chez Jean Desaint • , Charles Saillant|Paris 1741|20 x 27.20 cm
The rare first edition illustrated with 25 folding plates of diagrams.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Brown morocco title-label. Headcap partly split for 1.5 cm. A lack at foot, another at the upper joint at foot. Lower joint cracked at foot. 2 holes along the lower joint. Corners slightly bumped. Boards rubbed.
Trabaud identifies what he calls mathematical physics with the Science of Movement, the subject of his book, defining it as that which aims to "determine the laws that govern the movements that exist in this universe". As the subtitle indicates, this involves providing the "principles" for developing a d
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Brown morocco title-label. Headcap partly split for 1.5 cm. A lack at foot, another at the upper joint at foot. Lower joint cracked at foot. 2 holes along the lower joint. Corners slightly bumped. Boards rubbed.
Trabaud identifies what he calls mathematical physics with the Science of Movement, the subject of his book, defining it as that which aims to "determine the laws that govern the movements that exist in this universe". As the subtitle indicates, this involves providing the "principles" for developing a d
€2,500