Noël Regnault, Entretiens Physiques d'Ariste et d'Eudoxe, or - Lot 238

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Noël Regnault, Entretiens Physiques d'Ariste et d'Eudoxe, or - Lot 238
Noël Regnault, Entretiens Physiques d'Ariste et d'Eudoxe, or Physique Nouvelle en Dialogues. Which contains precisely what has been discovered to be most curious & most useful in Nature. In Amsterdam, at the expense of the Company, 1732. 4 vol. in-12 of XXII-(2)-428-(4) pp. ; (2)-421-(3) pp. ; (2)-368-(4) pp. ; (4)-363 pp., ivory wove vellum, spine decorated with nerves, red morocco titlepapers, jagged edges (contemporary binding). Second enlarged edition. Noël Regnault (1683-1762) French physicist born in Arras joined the Society of Jesus, and followed the teaching career; for many years he held the chair of mathematics at the Collège Louis-le-Grand. Zelé, a supporter of Descartes, applied his system to the study of the exact sciences, and contributed through his work to spreading the taste for physics in France. "This very successful work is written with order and clarity" (Hoefer). Nice copy. 99 plates out of text.
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