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166 - [NEWTON (Isaac)]. GRAVESANDE (Willem Jacob S'). Élémens de p…
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[NEWTON (Isaac)]. GRAVESANDE (Willem Jacob S'). Élémens de physique ou introduction à la philosophie de Newton. Paris, Charles-Antoine Jombert, 1747. 2 volumes in-8, fawn calf, spine decorated, red edges (Binding of the period). First edition of the translation by Charles-François Roland Le Virloys. It is illustrated with 50 folded plates. This work by Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (1688-1742) is one of those that helped to make Newton's theories better known. Élie de Joncourt published a first French translation based on the third Latin edition in Leiden in 1746. Worm damage to some letters in the first volume, two headpieces restored. Handwritten bookplate crossed out on the titles.
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About the sale Antiquarian books from the 15th to the 19th century - Astronomy
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Auction time 06/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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