Essai de physique [...].

2 vol., 4to: xxiii incl. front.-[3]-493, [5]-494/882-[26], 60 pp.; 34 pl.

Contemp. sheep, gilt-orn. spines with raised bands, red edges (corners and covers sl. rubbed, joints, bands and heads and tails rubbed).

Second French edition of one of the best 18th-c. introductions to Newtonian physics by the Dutch scientist van Musschenbroek (1692-1761) loaded with experiments and problems. Ill. with an engr. front. portrait and 34 engr. fold. or double-page plates a.o. the "Tabula totius orbis terrarum". The first part deals with general mechanics, hydrostatics, electricity, and magnetism, the second part is devoted to optics, acoustics, comets and winds. In fine a list with machinery to be found at Jean van Musschenbroek in Leiden.
Ref. Bierens de Haan 203. - STCN. - Cp. Biblotheca Mechanica 232, Wheeler 300.
Prov. Ant. Louis (bookpl.). - Ges. Gobin (ms. entry).