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GUYOT (Edme-Gilles). New Physical and Mathematical Pastimes …
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GUYOT (Edme-Gilles). New Physical and Mathematical Pastimes …
See original version (French)
Estimate €120 - €180
Voluntary lot
Description
GUYOT (Edme-Gilles). New Physical and Mathematical Pastimes [...] To which have been added the causes, their effects, the method of constructing them, and the amusement to be derived from them to amaze and pleasantly surprise. Paris, at the bookshop on Rue S. André-des-Arcs, 1799. 3 volumes in-8, full contemporary sheepskin, plain spine. XVI, 353 pp.; (2) ff., III, 380 pp.; (2) ff., 399 pp. Scuffing; a small tear in the paper at the lower corner of the half-title page of vol. II, not affecting the text.
102 plates as inserts (vol. I: 32 plates, II: 48 plates, III: 22 plates).
A new, expanded edition of this famous collection of scientific diversions, physics experiments, mathematical curiosities and optical illusions compiled by Edme-Gilles Guyot (1706–1786).
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
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Auction time
11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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