Pierre-Louis Moreau de MAUPERTUIS
Les oeuvres de Mr. de Maupertuis[The Works of Mr. de Maupertuis]
George Conrad Walther|Dresden 1752|18.2 x 24 cm|Relié
First collected edition of the author's works (see Quérard, V, 642; DSB, IX, 186–189; Poggendorff I, 85).
Printed in Dresden by George Conrad Walther ["Printed in Leipsic by Jean Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf"]
Full mottled fawn calf, spine with five raised bands richly gilt in compartments with floral tools, red morocco label, joints restored, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, red edges; contemporary binding.
Some occasional foxing; restorations to the joints, edges and corners of the boards.
First edition of the "Works" of Maupertuis. Pages 95 to 142 contain the "Mesure de la terre au Cercle Polaire"; pages 311 to 326 feature the "Relation d'un Voyage fait dans la L
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