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165 - MUSSCHENBROEK (Pierre van). Essay on Physics. Leyden, S. Luc…
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MUSSCHENBROEK (Pierre van). Essay on Physics. Leyden, S. Luchtmans, 1739. 2 volumes in-8, marbled calf, spine decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). First French edition translated by Pierre Massuet. Like the Flemish edition, it includes the Description de nouvelles sortes de machines pneumatiques tant doubles que simples avec un recueil de plusieurs expériences... par le frère de l'auteur Jean Van Musschenbroek illustrée de quatre planches et le catalogue des machines en vente chez Musschenbroek. The 30 plates are numbered I-XXIX with an additional plate (V*), the Flemish edition of the same date is illustrated with the same plates with a second additional plate (VII*). Worm holes at spine ends and in one plate, hinge cracked, rubbing.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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