Pierre VARIGNON

Second edition statement, illustrated with a frontispiece and 9 plates, most of which are folding, and several in-text figures. Title page in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Raised band spines with ornaments. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. A large lack at head with fragile headcap. Rubbing.
Notable articles in each of the mentioned sections include the following: Analysis of ipecacuanha, by M. Boulduc. Solution to a physico-mathematical problem, by the Marquis de L'Hôpital. Method for determining forces, velocities, spaces & times, when only one of these four things is given, in all sorts of rectilinear movements, by M. Varignon. Observations of plants that grow at the bottom of the sea, by M. Tournefort. On the remarkable perpendicular orientation in all stems, in several roots, by M. Dodart. On movement in general through all sorts of curves, by M. Varignon. Physical & chemical explanation of underground fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, lightning & thunder, by M. Lemery. On the omphalomesenteric vessels, by M. Du Verney. Observations on plant oils, by M. Homberg. Memoir on the causes of the human voice, by M. Dodart. Various astronomical observations.

Statement of second edition, illustrated with 13 plates, most folding, including a frontispiece. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. Damage to tail of volume I, and one wormhole. 2 corners slightly bumped. Overall, a good copy.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: Geometric incompatibility of the hypothesis of the earth's rotation on its center, with that of Galileo concerning gravity, by M. Varignon. Consideration of the second inequality in the movement of Jupiter's satellites, by M. Maraldi. Observation of Jupiter's conjunction with Regulus, by M. de La Hire. Quadratures of cylindrical surfaces on parabolic bases by M. de La Hire. Observations on spiders by M. Homberg. Observations of the planet Mars by the nebulous star of the crab, by M. Maraldi. On centripetal and centrifugal forces considered generally in all sorts of curves, by M. Bomie. Observations on essential oils by M. Geoffroy.

Second edition statement, illustrated with 26 plates, most of them folding, including a frontispiece. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Decorated raised band spines. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. One lack at head of volume I. One corner bumped. Rubbing. Good copies.
Among the remarkable articles mentioned in each section, we note the following: Reflections on spaces more than infinite by M. Wallis by M. Varignon. Observations on the methods of Maximis & Minimis, where the identity & difference of that of the analysis of the infinitely small with those of M. Fermat and Hudde is shown, by M. Guisnée. Continuation of the establishment of some new genera of plants, by M. Tournefort. Reflections on the appearances of the body of the moon, by M. de La Hire. Discovery of a new star, by M. Maraldi. Supplement to the memoir on voice and tones, by M. Dodart. Observations on iron under burning glass, by M. Homberg. Solution to the problem proposed by Bernouilli, by M. Bernouilli, his brother. On honey and its chemical analysis, by M. Lemeri. Treatise on roulettes by M. de La Hire. Different ways of finding the osculating radii of all sorts of curves, by M. Varignon. Various astronomical and meteorological observations for the year 1706.