Live auction - Lot 308

[Physics]

NOLLET, Jean-Antoine

L'art des expériences ou Avis aux amateurs de la physique, sur le choix, la construction et l'usage des instruments; sur la préparation et l'emploi des drogues qui servent aux expériences [...].

Paris, P.E.G. Durand, 1770


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3 vol., 12mo: xxiv-509-[1], [4]-552, [2]-524-[4]-10 pp. (vol. 1: marg. water stain on some ff., some tiny wormwork at the end).

Contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands and red and black leather labels, red sp. edges (some scratches on boards, def. on vol.-number labels). Good copy.

Second edition, published in the same year as the first. Ill. with 56 engr. pl. mainly illustrating scientific instruments including some Réaumur thermometers. Vol. 1 contains a section on the making of drugs with illustrations and sections on glassmaking and metals. Bookseller's catalogue at the end of vol. 3.
Ref. BnF. - COPAC. - Wheeler Gift 430. - Duveen 433.
Prov. Chevillard (ms. entry on last endpaper of each vol.).

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Lot 308

L'art des expériences ou Avis aux amateurs de la physique, sur le choix, la construction et l'usage des instruments; sur la préparation et l'emploi des drogues qui servent aux expériences [...].

NOLLET, Jean-Antoine

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