DE LA CAILLE, Abbé NOLLET
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1748
Chez J. Schoeuler|A Amsterdam 1757|10 x 17 cm|3 volumes reliés
Illustrated edition with 5 plates for volume 1, 19 for volume 2 and 4 for volume 3, most folding, totaling 28 plates. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label and black wax volume label. Small section detaching at headcap. 3 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. Headcap of volume 3 partially worn. Handsome copy.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: On measuring the diameters of the largest planets, by M. Du Hamel. Research on the causes of liquid boiling, by M l'abbé Nollet. Observations of the solar eclipse of July 25, 1748, by M. de Thury, Cassini, Maraldi. Memoirs on the variations observed in solstitial heights, both summer and winter, by M. de Thury. New invention of burning mirrors, by M. de Buffon. Observations of the sun's vertical diameter at the time of its passage through apogee, by M. Le Monnier. On figures and solids circumscribed to the circle and sphere, by M. Zanotti.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label and black wax volume label. Small section detaching at headcap. 3 corners slightly bumped. Rubbing. Headcap of volume 3 partially worn. Handsome copy.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: On measuring the diameters of the largest planets, by M. Du Hamel. Research on the causes of liquid boiling, by M l'abbé Nollet. Observations of the solar eclipse of July 25, 1748, by M. de Thury, Cassini, Maraldi. Memoirs on the variations observed in solstitial heights, both summer and winter, by M. de Thury. New invention of burning mirrors, by M. de Buffon. Observations of the sun's vertical diameter at the time of its passage through apogee, by M. Le Monnier. On figures and solids circumscribed to the circle and sphere, by M. Zanotti.
€450