Pierre de Coup

Duodecimo edition illustrated with a frontispiece, 4 folding plates in volume I and 14 folding plates in volume II.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. Slight lacks at head of volume I. 3 corners slightly bumped. Good copies.
Notable articles to be retained in each of the mentioned sections include: On the origin and use of thunderstone by M. de Jussieu; General method for transforming irrational numbers into series of the simplest rational fractions by M. de Lagny; Elementary proposition on triangles; Calculation of finite differences by M. Nicole; On the origin of stones called...

New edition, after the 1696 first edition.
Contemporary binding in full speckled brown calf. Spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt compartments and fleurons and a red morocco title label. Boards stamped with armorial device. Edges and headcaps decorated with gilt roulettes. All edges gilt. Worming to spine, tail headcap largely damaged (with loss), three wormholes on lower board, one corner bumped.
Some manuscript brackets in margins and a contemporary pen gift inscription at end of volume. Two library stamps on title page and first endpaper.
This gallant and playful travel narrative immortalized the two companions, as multiple editions were published over two...

Fourth edition statement, the first edition having appeared in 1672.
Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. 2 tears to spine with losses. Surface wear to lower board.
The work is constructed in two parts: an exposition of Cartesianism and all the reasoning of the Cartesians for the first, and a refutation for the second. This work by Pardies (1636-1673), mathematician and philosopher, had the greatest impact, undoubtedly because the defense was so weak that it was seen as a reinforcement of the Cartesian theory of mechanism.

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