Histoire de l'Académie des sciences. Année 1718

New edition, considered a pirated edition of the authorized edition published in Paris by the Imprimerie Royale. It is illustrated with 12 folding plates.
Contemporary full marbled glazed calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands, roulettes at head and foot. Red morocco title label and brown sealing-wax volume label. One cut at head. Scattered foxing, particularly on title page. 2 corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
Notable articles to be retained in each of the mentioned sections include the following:
Physics: On the flux and reflux of the sea; Chemistry: On the dyeing of metals; On vitriol and iron. Botany: On lichen. Geometry: On the intersections of curves, On a squarable circular space. Astronomy: On sunspots. Acoustics: On sound strings. With contributions by Cassini (Lunar eclipse of 1713), Geoffroy the elder, Réaumur, Jussieu (History of coffee)...